obtain a patent

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• patent — pat·ent 1 / pat ənt3 also pāt / adj [Anglo French, from Latin patent patens, from present participle of patēre to be open] 1 a: open to public inspection see also letters patent at letter 2 …   Law dictionary

• patent — ► NOUN ▪ a government licence giving an individual or body the sole right to make, use, or sell an invention for a set period. ► ADJECTIVE 1) easily recognizable; obvious. 2) made and marketed under a patent. ► VERB ▪ obtain a patent for.… …   English terms dictionary

• Patent application — A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for the invention described and claimed by that application. An application consists of a description of the invention (the patent specification ), together… …   Wikipedia

• Patent — A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention.The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee and the… …   Wikipedia

• patent — the granting by a government of monopoly rights to the owner of an invention to manufacture and sell it for a certain number of years, conditional on the owner being willing to immediately reveal the ideas incorporated in the invention, so that… …   Financial and business terms

• patent — 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… …   Accounting dictionary

• patent — 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… …   Big dictionary of business and management

• patent — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a government authority to an individual or organization conferring a right or title, esp. the sole right to make or use or sell some invention. 2 a document granting this authority. 3 an invention or process protected by it.… …   Useful english dictionary

• patent — pat•ent [[t]ˈpæt nt[/t]] for 10,12 15 [[t]ˈpeɪt [/t]] esp. brit. [[t]ˈpeɪt [/t]] n. adj. v. ent•ed, ent•ing. n. 1) law the exclusive right granted to an inventor to manufacture or sell an invention for a specified number of years 2) law an… …   From formal English to slang

• patent — [[t]pe͟ɪt(ə)nt, AM pæ̱t [/t]] patents, patenting, patented (The pronunciation [[t]pæ̱t(ə)nt[/t]] is also used for meanings 1 and 2 in British English.) 1) N COUNT A patent is an official right to be the only person or company allowed to make or… …   English dictionary

• patent — [ 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… …   English new terms dictionary