1. a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
同义词:patent of invention
2. an official document granting a right or privilege
同义词:letters patent
动词patent:
1. obtain a patent for
2. grant rights to; grant a patent for
3. make open to sight or notice
形容词patent:
1. (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage
2. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
同义词:apparent, evident, manifest, plain, unmistakable
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- nothing patent [俚]没啥了不起, 不大高明