Patent
['pæt(ə)nt;'peɪt(ə)nt] or ['pætnt]
Definition
(noun.) a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention.
(noun.) an official document granting a right or privilege.
(verb.) make open to sight or notice; 'His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him'.
(verb.) obtain a patent for; 'Should I patent this invention?'.
(verb.) grant rights to; grant a patent for.
(adj.) (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; 'patent ductus arteriosus' .
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Definition
(a.) Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.
(a.) Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter.
(a.) Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines.
(a.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf.
(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.
(a.) A writing securing to an invention.
(a.) A document making a grant and conveyance of public lands.
(a.) The right or privilege conferred by such a document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the nature of a patent.
(v. t.) To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Open, apparent, evident, plain, obvious, manifest, clear, public, conspicuous, unconcealed, palpable, unmistakable, glaring, notorious.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:obvious, evident, indisputable, plain,[See INT], Dubious, ambiguous,questionable
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Definition
adj. lying open: conspicuous: public: protected by a patent: (bot.) spreading: expanding.—n. an official document open and having the Great Seal of the government attached to it conferring an exclusive right or privilege as a title of nobility or the sole right for a term of years to the proceeds of an invention: something invented and protected by a patent.—v.t. Pā′tent to grant or secure by patent.—adj. Pā′tentable capable of being patented.—ns. Pātentee′ one who holds a patent or to whom a patent is granted—also Pā′tenter; Pā′tent-leath′er a kind of leather to which a permanently polished surface is given by a process of japanning; Pā′tentor one who grants or who secures a patent; Pā′tent-right the exclusive right reserved by letters-patent.—n.pl. Pā′tent-rolls the register of letters-patent issued in England.—Patent medicine a medicine sold under the authority of letters-patent any proprietary medicine generally on which stamp-duty is paid; Patent office an office for the granting of patents for inventions; Patent outside or inside a newspaper printed on the outside or inside only sold to a publisher who fills the other side with his own material as local news &c.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of securing a patent, denotes that you will be careful and painstaking with any task you set about to accomplish. If you fail in securing your patent, you will suffer failure for the reason that you are engaging in enterprises for which you have no ability. If you buy one, you will have occasion to make a tiresome and fruitless journey. To see one, you will suffer unpleasantness from illness.
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Examples
- His first United States patent, No. 174,465, was granted March 7, 1876, and his second January 30, 1877, No. 186,787. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Many special tools, particularly those designed for _bicycle work_, have been devised, as exhibited by patent to Hillman, August 11, 1891, No. 457,718. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was filed in the Patent Office a few days later, but was not issued as a patent until August 30, 1887. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And on the question of pumps versus patent-leather Oxfords his authority had never been disputed. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He filed an application for a patent and entered into a conspiracy to 'swear back' of the date of my invention, so as to deprive me of it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Page in accordance with his subsequent patent of 1854, drew a train of cars from Washington to Bladensburg at a rate of nineteen miles an hour. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Thus in January, 1880, his first patent application for a System of Electrical Distribution was signed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There have been about 1,000 patents granted for bridges, about 2,500 for excavating apparatus, and about 1,500 for hydraulic engineering. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He was determined to make a fortune out of cotton-spinning, and he did, in spite of the loss of his patents, and the rivals who were always pursuing him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- From that time until 1865 many patents were granted, none of which may be considered successful. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Specifications had been drawn, and I had signed and sworn to the application for patents for these seventy-eight inventions, and naturally I supposed they had been filed in the regular way. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Some of Edison's most remarkable inventions are revealed in a number of interesting patents relating to the duplication of phonograph records. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Phelps, another investigator, who had been experimenting along the same lines and had taken out several patents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Nearly 5,000 United States patents have been granted in the class of weaving. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Then came Julius Griffith, in 1821, of Brompton, who patented a steam carriage which was built by Joseph Bramah, one of the ablest mechanics of his time. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This was patented in the United States June 2, 1863, No. 38,789, and in Great Britain, No. 900, of 1864. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- And furthermore, that in practically every case the actual patented invention followed from one to a dozen or more gradually developing forms of the same idea. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Tainter, who in 1886 patented in the United States means of cutting or engraving the sound waves in a solid body. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Denis Johnson patented in England in 1818 a similar vehicle which he named the Pedestrian Curricle. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In Fig. 282 is given a section and plan view of the Greener mechanism, which was patented July 6, 1880, No. 229,604, and was one of the first guns of this kind put on the market. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In 1807 he patented in England detonating powder and pellets which were used for artillery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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