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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Patent \Pat"ent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patented}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Patenting}.]
   To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to
   secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to
   patent public lands.

Patent \Pat"ent\ (p[a^]t"ent or p[=a]t"ent), a. [L. patens,
   -entis, p. pr. of patere to be open: cf. F. patent. Cf.
   {Fathom}.]
   1.

   Note: (Oftener pronounced p[=a]t"ent in this sense) Open;
         expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest;
         public; conspicuous.

               He had received instructions, both patent and
               secret.                            --Motley.

   2. Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring
      some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See {Letters
      patent}, under 3d {Letter}.

   3. Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by
      official authority to the exclusive possession, control,
      and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a
      patent right; patent medicines.

            Madder . . . in King Charles the First's time, was
            made a patent commodity.              --Mortimer.

   4. (Bot.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the
      steam or branch; as, a patent leaf.

   {Patent leather}, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for
      boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work.

   {Patent office}, a government bureau for the examination of
      inventions and the granting of patents.

   {Patent right}.
      (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control
          of its manufacture.
      (b) (Law) The right, granted by the sovereign, of
          exclusive control of some business of manufacture, or
          of the sale of certain articles, or of certain offices
          or prerogatives.

   {Patent rolls}, the registers, or records, of patents.

Patent \Pat"ent\, n. [Cf. F. patente. See {Patent}, a.]
   1. A letter patent, or letters patent; an official document,
      issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or
      privilege on some person or party. Specifically:
      (a) A writing securing to an invention.
      (b) A document making a grant and conveyance of public
          lands.

                Four other gentlemen of quality remained
                mentioned in that patent.         --Fuller.

   Note: In the United States, by the act of 1870, patents for
         inventions are issued for seventeen years, without the
         privilege of renewal except by act of Congress.

   2. The right or privilege conferred by such a document;
      hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the
      nature of a patent.

            If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her
            patent to offend.                     --Shak.

資料來源 : WordNet®

patent
     v 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"

patent
     adj 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" [syn: {apparent}, {evident}, {manifest}, {plain}]

patent
     n 1: a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
          [syn: {patent of invention}]
     2: an official document granting a right or privilege [syn: {letters
        patent}]