patent : Idioms & Phrases

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erecto-patent

E*rec"to-pat"ent adjective
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.
  2. (Zoöl.) Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.
Webster 1913

letters patent

  • noun an official document granting a right or privilege
    patent.
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Letters patent, overt, ∨ open

  • (Eng. Law), a writing executed and sealed, by which power and authority are granted to a person to do some act, or enjoy some right; as, letters patent under the seal of England.
Webster 1913

patent and trademark office database

  • noun the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones
    Patent and Trademark Office Database.
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patent application

  • noun an application for sole rights to an invention
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patent ductus arteriosus

  • noun a ductus arteriosus that failed to close at birth; may require surgical correction
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patent infringement

  • noun violation of the rights secured by a patent
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patent law

  • noun that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing patents
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Patent leather

  • noun leather with a hard glossy surface
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  • a varnished or lacquered leather, used for boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work.
Webster 1913

patent log

  • noun a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed
    taffrail log; screw log.
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patent medicine

  • noun medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription
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patent of invention

  • noun a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
    patent.
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Patent office

  • noun the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones
    Patent and Trademark Office Database.
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  • a government bureau for the examination of inventions and the granting of patents.
Webster 1913

Patent right

  • noun the right granted by a patent; especially the exclusive right to an invention
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  • . (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control of its manufacture . (b) (Law) The right, granted by the sovereign, of exclusive control of some business of manufacture, or of the sale of certain articles, or of certain offices or prerogatives.
Webster 1913

Patent rolls

  • the registers, or records, of patents.
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patent system

  • noun a legal system for protecting the rights of inventors
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patent-hammered

Pat"ent-ham"mered adjective
Definitions
  1. (Stone Cutting) Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.
Webster 1913