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Non Obstante :: Non obstante () A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, importing a license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any statute to the contrary. This dispensing power was abolished by the Bill of Rights..

Examiner :: Examiner (n.) One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an examiner in chancery, in the patent office, etc..

Patentable :: Patentable (a.) Suitable to be patented; capable of being patented.

Patent :: Patent (v. t.) To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands..

Interferant :: Interferant (n.) One of the contestants in interference before the Patent Office.

Specification :: Specification (n.) A written statement containing a minute description or enumeration of particulars, as of charges against a public officer, the terms of a contract, the description of an invention, as in a patent; also, a single article, item, or particular, an allegation of a specific act, as in a charge of official misconduct..

Patency :: Patency (n.) The state of being patent or evident.

Patentee :: Patentee (n.) One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent..

Sweetmeat :: Sweetmeat (n.) The paint used in making patent leather.

Marquis :: Marquis (n.) A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent..

Patently :: Patently (adv.) Openly; evidently.

Capitalize :: Capitalize (v. t.) To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.).

Baronetcy :: Baronetcy (n.) The rank or patent of a baronet.

Patented :: Patented (imp. & p. p.) of Paten.

Erecto-patent :: Erecto-patent (a.) Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading..

Patent :: Patent (a.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf..

Renew :: Renew (v. t.) Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again; as, to renew a lease, note, or patent..

Chlorodyne :: Chlorodyne (n.) A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc..

Nobleman :: Nobleman (n.) One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent..

Ranger :: Ranger (n.) The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc..

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