A declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter patent.
A specific grant of ownership of a piece of property; a land patent.
License; formal permission.
Patent leather: a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for shoes and accessories.
To successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent.
Open, unobstructed, expanded.
That is a patent ductus arteriosus.
Explicit and obvious.
Those claims are patent nonsense.
(of flour) That is fine, and consists mostly of the inner part of the endosperm.
Open; unconcealed; conspicuous.
Open to public perusal; said of a document conferring some right or privilege.
letters patent
Protected by a legal patent.
a patent right; patent medicines