patent /pāˈtənt or (esp in letters patent and Patent Office, and US) patˈənt/

1. Lying open
2. Conspicuous, obvious, evident
3. Generally accessible
4. Protected by a patent
5. Spreading (botany)
6. Expanding
7. Ingenious (informal)

1. An official document, open, and bearing a government seal, conferring an exclusive right or privilege, such as a title of nobility, or esp the sole right for a term of years to the proceeds of an invention
2. Something invented and protected by a patent
3. A privilege
4. A certificate

To secure a patent for

pāˈtency noun

1. Openness
2. Obviousness

pāˈtentable adjective

pātenteeˈ noun

Someone who holds a patent, or to whom a patent is granted

pāˈtently adverb

Openly, obviously

pāˈtentor noun

A person, body, authority, etc that grants a patent

patent agent noun

Someone who obtains patents on behalf of inventors

patent leather noun

Finely varnished leather

patent log noun

A device for recording the speed of a vessel, consisting of a submerged rotator attached by line to a dial on the ship's rail

patent medicine noun

1. (strictly) a medicine protected by a patent
2. (loosely) any proprietary medicine, esp one liable to stamp duty, since made by secret process or for some other reason

Patent Office noun

An office for the granting of patents for inventions

patent outside or patent inside noun

A newspaper printed on the outside or inside only, sold to a publisher who fills the other side with his own material, such as local news, etc

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