Patent

A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods

Patent

A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period

Patent

A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained

Patent

A licence or (formal) permission to do something

Patent

An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patentselten

Patent

A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patentselten

Patent

A characteristic or quality that one possesses; in particular (hyperbolic) as if exclusively; a monopolyselten

Patent

The combination of seven bets on three selections, offering a return even if only one bet comes inselten

To (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified period

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To obtain (over a piece of real property) a specific grant of ownershipselten

To be closely associated or identified with (something); to monopolizeselten