Patent

What do we mean by patent?

A grant made by a government that confers upon the creator of an invention the sole right to make, use, and sell that invention for a set period of time. noun

Letters patent. noun

An invention protected by such a grant. noun

A grant of publicly owned land, particularly to a homesteader. noun

The official document of such a grant. noun

The land so granted. noun

An exclusive right or title. noun

Protected or conferred by a patent or letters patent. adjective

Of, relating to, or dealing in patents. adjective

Obvious; plain: synonym: apparent. adjective

Not blocked; open. adjective

Spreading open; expanded. adjective

Relating to or being a nonprescription drug or other medical preparation that is protected by a trademark. adjective

Of high quality. Used of flour. adjective

To obtain a patent on or for (an invention, for example). transitive verb

To invent, originate, or be the proprietor of (an idea, for example). transitive verb

A declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter patent.

A specific grant of ownership of a piece of property; a land patent.

License; formal permission.

Patent leather: a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for shoes and accessories.

Obvious; plain; self-evident. Urban Dictionary

A legal that inventors have to come up with so other people don't steal or wordgank/wordtheir inventions. Urban Dictionary

To take an existing commodity and claim ownership over its production rights. Urban Dictionary

If you copy it I'll fucking kill you. Urban Dictionary

Pattern. Used when a person has a trick up his sleeves. Urban Dictionary

A trophy or award given to you that you earned by something you did Urban Dictionary

A company-or divison of a company-whose sole reason for being is to sue other companies/individuals for patent infringment.Sometimes the troll is a large tech company with many patents.Other times it's a smaller company that purchases patents...then goes huntin'.Don't let this stop you from makin' shit. Urban Dictionary

A town in upstate New York that surrounding towns (Utica, New Hartford, Whitesboro, etc.) think is a hick town. In retaliation, we have parties where there is too much drinking to prove we're just as cool as you city folk. Urban Dictionary

Small ass town in Upstate New York neighboring Marcy, Stittville, and Barnaveld where shit goes down. Not many people live there, but there's enough to have it's own school district. There's like two main streets with houses on them, and that consists of the town's main population. In the summer, real niggas chill in the tiny ass park by the fire department and sometimes they walk up to Miller jump off the bridge into the scummy ass water below. In the winter, they snowmobile, and well that's about it considering the fact it's well, it's in the middle of scenic nowhere. All in all, the people from the area are pretty nice and chill people. Urban Dictionary

A leather that has been given a high gloss finish. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to patent:
patent, patient, latent, potent, parent, paten, patena, patens, pament, atent, patet.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word patent:
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Words that rhyme with patent:
combatant, attent, noncombatant, flat tint, rat hunt.

Adjectives that are often used to describe patent:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective patent:
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Consonant match to patent:
potent.

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