patent

patent

名词 patent:

a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention

同义词：patent of invention

an official document granting a right or privilege

同义词：letters patent

动词 patent:

obtain a patent for

grant rights to; grant a patent for

make open to sight or notice

形容词 patent:

(of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

同义词：apparent, evident, manifest, plain, unmistakable