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patent, patent of invention | a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention | ||
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patent | obtain a patent for | ||
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patent, letters patent | [in law] an official document granting a right or privilege | ||
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patent | grant rights to; grant a patent for | ||
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patent | (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage | ||
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evident, apparent, plain, unmistakable, manifest, patent | clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | ||
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patent | make open to sight or notice |