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Meaning of patent

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  patent
      adj 1: (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free
             passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"
      2: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "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" [syn: {apparent},
         {evident}, {manifest}, {patent}, {plain}, {unmistakable}]
      n 1: a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
           [syn: {patent}, {patent of invention}]
      2: an official document granting a right or privilege [syn:
         {patent}, {letters patent}]
      v 1: obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?"
      2: grant rights to; grant a patent for
      3: make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an
         embarrassing fact about him"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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