| noun | a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention |
| noun | an official document granting a right or privilege |
| verb | obtain a patent for “Should I patent this invention?” |
| verb | grant rights to; grant a patent for |
| verb | make open to sight or notice “His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him” |
| adjective | (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage “patent ductus arteriosus” |
| adjective | clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment “the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields” |
| patent | verb | grant rights to; grant a patent for |
| patent | noun | a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention |
| patentee | noun | the inventor to whom a patent is issued |
| patency | noun | the property of being easy to see and understand |
| apparency | noun | the property of being apparent |
| appear | verb | seem to be true, probable, or apparent |
| apparentness | noun | the property of being apparent |
| evidence | noun | your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief |
| plainness | noun | clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous |