patent on an invention

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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 — 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 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

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• patent — 1. adj /peytant/ Open; manifest; evident; unsealed. Used in this sense in such phrases as patent ambiguity, patent writ, letters patent. noun /pabtsnt/ A grant of some privilege, property, or authority, made by the government or sovereign of a… …   Black's law dictionary

• 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 — 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 — n. 1) to grant, issue a patent 2) to apply for; obtain, take out a patent 3) to hold a patent 4) to infringe a patent 5) patent pending ( a patent has been applied for ) 6) a patent on (she took out a patent on her invention) * * * [ peɪt(ə)nt]… …   Combinatory dictionary

• patent — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun VERB + PATENT ▪ apply for, file ▪ In 1843 Bain filed a patent for his fax machine. ▪ get, obtain, take out ▪ pro …   Collocations dictionary

• invention — n. 1) to come up with an invention 2) to patent, register an invention 3) to market, promote an invention 4) an ingenious invention * * * [ɪn venʃ(ə)n] promote an invention register an invention an ingenious invention to come up with aninvention… …   Combinatory 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