Related / Similar Words:
patent of invention, letters patent, apparent, evident, manifest, plain Definition: a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention;an official document granting a right or privilege;make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him";obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?";grant rights to; grant a patent for;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 reac;(of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"; Derivational Morphology:
obviousness, noticeability, noticeableness, patency, patent of invention, patentee, letters patent Anagrams:
patten, Nepeta
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