patent
31patent — patentable, adj. patentability, n. patentably, adv. patently, adv. /pat nt/ or, for 10, 12 15, /payt /; esp. Brit. /payt nt/, n. 1. the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain …
32patent — 1. adj /peytant/ Open; manifest; evident; unsealed. Used in this sense in such phrases as patent ambiguity, patent writ, letters patent. noun /pabtsnt/ A grant of some privilege, property, or authority, made by the government or sovereign of a… …
33patent — the granting by a government of monopoly rights to the owner of an invention to manufacture and sell it for a certain number of years, conditional on the owner being willing to immediately reveal the ideas incorporated in the invention, so that… …
34patent — PATÉNT1, Ă, patenţi, te, adj. (Despre sisteme şi obiecte tehnice) Construit în chip special pentru a prezenta garanţii de soliditate, de bună funcţionare sau pentru a putea fi folosit uşor; care funcţionează perfect. ♢ Cleşte patent (şi… …
35patent — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin patent , patens, from present participle of patēre to be open more at fathom Date: 14th century 1. a. open to public inspection used chiefly in the phrase letters patent b. (1) …
36patent — hilfreich; praktikabel; dienlich; nützlich; zweckmäßig; praktisch; zweckdienlich; angebracht; viabel; brauchbar * * * pa|tent [pa tɛnt] <Adj.> (ugs.): bewundernswert tüchtig, prakti …
37Patent — Erfindungspatent; Kapitänspatent; Offizierspatent * * * pa|tent [pa tɛnt] <Adj.> (ugs.): bewundernswert tüchtig, praktisch, klug (in der Meisterung seiner Aufgaben oder des Alltags): ein patenter Kerl; sie ist sehr patent. Syn.: ↑… …
38patent — n. 1) to grant, issue a patent 2) to apply for; obtain, take out a patent 3) to hold a patent 4) to infringe a patent 5) patent pending ( a patent has been applied for ) 6) a patent on (she took out a patent on her invention) * * * [ peɪt(ə)nt]… …
39patent — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun VERB + PATENT ▪ apply for, file ▪ In 1843 Bain filed a patent for his fax machine. ▪ get, obtain, take out ▪ pro …
40patent — The grant of an exclusive right to exploit an invention. In the UK patents are granted by the Crown through the Patent Office, which is part of the Department of Trade and Industry. An applicant for a patent (usually the inventor or the inventor… …
