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patent (iou)



patent verb trans. L17.
[from PATENT noun, adjective.]
Obtain a patent right to (land). US. L17.
Admit to a privilege, right, office, etc., by letters patent. Now rare or obsolete. L18.
Take out or obtain a patent for (an invention etc.); obtain by patent the sole right to make, use, or sell. E19.
Metallurgy. Subject (wire) to a process similar to normalizing to improve the ductility. Chiefly as patenting verbal noun. L19.
patenta'bility noun ability to be patented L19.
patentable adjective able to be patented E19.
patentor noun (a) a person, department, etc., that grants or approves the granting of a patent; (b) = PATENTEE 2: L19.