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adjectiveclearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
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nounan official document granting a right or privilege
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nouna document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
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verbgrant rights to; grant a patent fortype of:
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verbmake open to sight or notice
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verbobtain a patent for
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adjective(of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage
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Examples of patent
- "patent advantages"
- "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"
- "Should I patent this invention?"
- "patent ductus arteriosus"