Definition of patent

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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..

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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..
Patentable :: Patentable (a.) Suitable to be patented; capable of being patented.
Patent :: Patent (a.) A writing securing to an invention.
Baronetcy :: Baronetcy (n.) The rank or patent of a baronet.
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.
Sweetmeat :: Sweetmeat (n.) The paint used in making patent leather.
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..
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..
Capitalize :: Capitalize (v. t.) To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.).
Patentee :: Patentee (n.) One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent..
Patent :: Patent (a.) Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.
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..
Infringement :: Infringement (n.) An encroachment on a patent, copyright, or other special privilege; a trespass..
Chlorodyne :: Chlorodyne (n.) A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc..
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..
Patenting :: Patenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paten.
Patency :: Patency (n.) The state of being patent or evident.
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..
Patented :: Patented (imp. & p. p.) of Paten.
Scire Facias :: Scire facias () A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring the party proceeded against to show cause why the party bringing it should not have advantage of such record, or (as in the case of scire facias to repeal letters patent) why the record should not be annulled or vacated..
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