patent
Definition
- n. a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
- n. an official document granting a right or privilege
- v. obtain a patent for
- v. grant rights to; grant a patent for
Word forms
- Past participle
- patented
- Past tense
- patented
- Present participle
- patenting
- Third person singular
- patents
Example sentences
n.
He applied for a patent to protect his invention.
a.
The company introduced a patent design that attracted a lot of attention.
vt.
She wants to patent her new recipe for a healthy snack.