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patent
noun
1 patent
A document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention.
synonym: patent of invention.
Roget 780:
property,
possession,
suum cuique [Lat.],
meum et tuum [Lat.].
ownership,
proprietorship,
lordship;
seignority†;
empire
etc.
(dominion)
737.
interest,
stake,
estate,
right,
title,
claim,
demand,
holding;
tenure
etc.
(possession)
777;
vested interest,
contingent interest,
beneficial interest,
equitable interest;
use,
trust,
benefit;
legal estate,
equitable estate;
seizin [Law],
seisin [Law].
absolute interest,
paramount estate,
freehold;
fee tail,
fee simple;
estate in fee,
estate in tail,
estate tail;
estate in tail male,
estate in tail female,
estate in tail general.
limitation,
term,
lease,
settlement,
strict settlement,
particular estate;
estate for life,
estate for years,
estate pur autre vie [Fr.];
remainder,
reversion,
expectancy,
possibility.
dower,
dowry,
jointure†,
appanage,
inheritance,
heritage,
patrimony,
alimony;
legacy
etc.
(gift)
784;
Falcidian law,
paternal estate,
thirds.
assets,
belongings,
means,
resources,
circumstances;
wealth
etc.
803;
money
etc.
800;
what one is worth,
what one will cut up for;
estate and effects.
landed property,
landed real estate property;
realty;
land,
lands;
tenements;
hereditaments;
corporeal hereditaments,
incorporeal hereditaments;
acres;
ground
etc.
(earth)
342;
acquest†,
messuage,
toft†.
territory,
state,
kingdom,
principality,
realm,
empire,
protectorate,
sphere of influence.
manor,
honor,
domain,
demesne;
farm,
plantation,
hacienda;
allodium
etc.
(free)
748†;
fief,
fieff†,
feoff†,
feud,
zemindary†,
dependency;
arado†,
merestead†,
ranch.
free lease-holds,
copy lease-holds;
folkland†;
chattels real;
fixtures,
plant,
heirloom;
easement;
right of common,
right of user.
personal property,
personal estate,
personal effects;
personalty,
chattels,
goods,
effects,
movables;
stock,
stock in trade;
things,
traps,
rattletraps,
paraphernalia;
equipage
etc.
633.
parcels,
appurtenances.
impedimenta;
luggage,
baggage;
bag and baggage;
pelf;
cargo,
lading.
rent roll;
income
etc.
(receipts)
810;
maul and wedges [U.S.].
patent,
copyright;
chose in action;
credit
etc.
805;
debt
etc.
806.
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Dutch: octrooi, patent
Polish: patent
2 patent
An official document granting a right or privilege.
synonym: letters patent.
Roget 760:
permission,
leave;
allowance,
sufferance;
tolerance,
toleration;
liberty,
law,
license,
concession,
grace;
indulgence
etc.
(lenity)
740;
favor,
dispensation,
exemption,
release;
connivance;
vouchsafement†.
authorization,
warranty,
accordance,
admission.
permit,
warrant,
brevet,
precept,
sanction,
authority,
firman;
hukm†;
pass,
passport;
furlough,
license,
carte blanche [Fr.],
ticket of leave;
grant,
charter;
patent,
letters patent.
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verb
1 patent
2 patent
Grant rights to; grant a patent for.
3 patent
Make open to sight or notice.
adjective
1 patent
of a bodily tube or passageway Open; affording free passage.
Roget 260:
open;
perforated
etc.
v.;
perforate;
wide open,
ajar,
unclosed,
unstopped;
oscitant†,
gaping,
yawning;
patent.
tubular,
cannular†,
fistulous;
pervious,
permeable;
foraminous†;
vesicular,
vasicular†;
porous,
follicular,
cribriform†,
honeycombed,
infundibular†,
riddled;
tubulous†,
tubulated†;
piped,
tubate†.
opening
etc.
v.;
aperient†.
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Roget 760:
permitting
etc.
v.;
permissive,
indulgent;
permitted
etc.
v.;
patent,
chartered,
permissible,
allowable,
lawful,
legitimate,
legal;
legalized
etc.
(law)
963;
licit;
unforbid†,
unforbidden†;
unconditional.
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2 patent
Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment:
— Patent advantages.
synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, plain, unmistakable.
Roget 525:
manifest,
apparent;
salient,
striking,
demonstrative,
prominent,
in the foreground,
notable,
pronounced.
flagrant;
notorious
etc.
(public)
531;
arrant;
stark staring;
unshaded,
glaring.
defined,
definite.
distinct,
conspicuous
etc.
(visible)
446;
obvious,
evident,
unmistakable,
indubitable,
not to be mistaken,
palpable,
self-evident,
autoptical†;
intelligible
etc.
518.
plain,
clear,
clear as day,
clear as daylight,
clear as noonday;
plain as a pike staff,
plain as the sun at noon-day,
plain as the nose on one's face,
plain as the way to parish church.
explicit,
overt,
patent,
express;
ostensible;
open,
open as day;
naked,
bare,
literal,
downright,
undisguised,
exoteric.
unreserved,
frank,
plain-spoken
etc.
(artless)
703;
candid
(veracious)
543;
barefaced.
manifested
etc.
v.;
disclosed
etc.
529;
capable of being shown,
producible;
inconcealable†,
unconcealable;
no secret.
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Polish: ewidentny
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