Noun
1. a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
2. an official document granting a right or privilege
Verb
1. obtain a patent for;
"Should I patent this invention?"2. grant rights to; grant a patent for
3. make open to sight or notice;
"His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"Adjective
1. (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage;
"patent ductus arteriosus"2. clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses;
"the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields""evident hostility""manifest disapproval""patent advantages""made his meaning plain""it is plain that he is no reactionary""in plain view"