LekhoriLekhoriAn official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.
[…] Squib proved clearly by his patent that the house and office did now belong to him.
A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods.
A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.
The patent situation, too, played a part in this, as often a firm sought to produce something which would achieve a given result, and yet not infringe a patent held by another; or a railway engineer would think of a device of his own that would free him of obligation to some manufacturer.
To (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified period.
To his great credit, Manson refused to patent his invention, as he desired to remove any obstacle to its adoption by other companies.
Conspicuous; open; unconcealed.
At the departure of Philip he had received instructions, both patent and secret, for his guidance as stadholder of Holland, Friesland, and Utrecht.
The noun is derived from Middle English patent (“document granting an office, property, right, title, etc.; document granting permission, licence; papal indulgence, pardon”) [and other forms], which i...
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To obtain (over a piece of real property) a specific grant of ownership.
To be closely associated or identified with (something); to monopolize.
Especially of a document conferring some privilege or right: open to public perusal or use.
letters patent