amerikai:
brit:
1. 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.
2. A specific grant of ownership of a piece of property; a land patent.
3. License; formal permission.
4. Patent leather: a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for shoes and accessories.
1. To successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent.
1. Open, unobstructed, expanded.
That is a patent ductus arteriosus.
2. Explicit and obvious.
Those claims are patent nonsense.
3. (of flour) That is fine, and consists mostly of the inner part of the endosperm.
4. Open; unconcealed; conspicuous.
5. Open to public perusal; said of a document conferring some right or privilege.
letters patent
6. Protected by a legal patent.
a patent right; patent medicines