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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..

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

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

Patent :: Patent (a.) Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines..

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..

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

Seigniorage :: Seigniorage (n.) A share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent..

Caveat :: Caveat (n.) A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and operating as a bar to the issue of letters patent to any other person, respecting the same invention..

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..

Infringement :: Infringement (n.) An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass..

Patent :: Patent (a.) The right or privilege conferred by such a document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the nature of a patent..

Patent :: Patent (a.) Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter..

Monopoly :: Monopoly (n.) The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product..

Patent-hammered :: Patent-hammered (a.) Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.

Patent :: Patent (a.) A letter patent, or letters patent; an official document, issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or privilege on some person or party..

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..

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

Brief :: Brief (n.) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose..

Patent :: Patent (a.) A writing securing to an invention.

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

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