patent

About 13.20 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent. A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods. A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period. A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.
2. noun An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.
3. noun A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods. A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.
4. noun A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods.
5. noun A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.
6. noun A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.
7. noun A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained.
8. noun Ellipsis of patent leather (“a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for accessories and shoes”).

Similar words

letters patent apparent manifest obvious evident plain patentee licensor license licensing

Often followed by

office and for of to law application rights is

Word family

patentabilities patentability patentable patented patenting patently patents