DICTOMETER

PATENT

(patent, patentar, patente, patentere, tydelig, åpenbar)

1. Synonyms:
   • Patent
   • Patent of invention
   Definitions:
   • a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Patent
   • Letters patent
   Definitions:
   • an official document granting a right or privilege
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Patent
   Definitions:
   • obtain a patent for
   Examples:
   • Should I patent this invention?
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Patent
   Definitions:
   • grant rights to
   • grant a patent for
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Patent
   Definitions:
   • make open to sight or notice
   Examples:
   • His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Patent
   Definitions:
   • (of a bodily tube or passageway) open
   • affording free passage
   Examples:
   • Patent ductus arteriosus
   Antonyms:
   • Obstructed
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Apparent
   • Evident
   • Manifest
   • Patent
   • Plain
   • Unmistakable
   Definitions:
   • clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
   Examples:
   • The effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields
   • Evident hostility
   • Manifest disapproval
   • Patent advantages
   • Made his meaning plain
   • It is plain that he is no reactionary
   • In plain view
   Antonyms:
   • Unobvious