right to a patent
51Patent family — A patent family is all the patents and patent applications resulting from a specific patent application.Generally, a patent application for an invention is originally filed in one country. Sometimes that original patent application is the basis… …
52patent — Adjective: Obvious, evident. Open to view on ordinary inspection. Miller v Moore, 83 Ga 684, 10 SE 360. Noun: A commission evidencing a right, such as a commission entitling one to a public office. A conveyance or grant of public lands,… …
53patent — [ pat(ə)nt, peɪt ] noun a government licence to an individual or body conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to make, use, or sell an invention. adjective peɪt(ə)nt 1》 easily recognizable; obvious. 2》 made and… …
54patent — The grant of an exclusive right to exploit an invention. In the UK patents are granted by the Crown through the Patent Office, which is part of the Department of Trade and Industry. An applicant for a patent (usually the inventor or the inventor… …
55Patent (disambiguation) — A patent is an intellectual property right covering an invention. Patent can also refer to the following:Types of patents*Utility patent for inventions that do something useful such as apparatus, methods, processes, and new chemicals, plants,… …
56patent — The grant of an exclusive right to exploit an invention. In the UK patents are granted by the Crown through the Patent Office, which is part of the Department of Trade and Industry. An applicant for a patent (usually from the inventor or the… …
57patent — / peɪtəntˌ pætənt/ noun an official document showing that a person has the exclusive right to make and sell an invention ● to take out a patent for a new type of light bulb ● to apply for a patent for a new invention ♦ ‘patent applied for’ or… …
58patent — / peɪtəntˌ pætənt/ noun an official document showing that a person has the exclusive right to make and sell an invention ● to take out a patent for a new type of light bulb ● to apply for a patent for a new invention ♦ ‘patent applied for’,… …
59patent — I UK [ˈpeɪt(ə)nt] / UK [ˈpæt(ə)nt] / US noun [countable] Word forms patent : singular patent plural patents * a) an official document that gives someone who has invented something the legal right to make or sell that invention for a particular… …
60patent — pat|ent1 [ pætnt ] noun count * an official document that gives someone who has invented something the legal right to make or sell that invention for a particular period of time, and prevents anyone else from doing so: In 1878, Edison received a… …
