Definition of Patents. Meaning of Patents. Synonyms of Patents

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Definition of Patents

Patent
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
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.

Meaning of Patents from wikipedia

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- The unitary patent may coexist with nationally enforceable patents ("classical" patents) in the non-parti****ting states. The unitary patent's stated aims...
- essential patents on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. Determining which patents are essential to a particular standard can be complex. Patent ambush...
- A patent attorney is an attorney who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters...
- The X-Patents are all the patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office from July 1790 (when the first U.S. patent was issued), to July...
- patent in the United States are intellectual property patents and land patents, though letters patent are issued for a variety of other purposes. They function...
- even wider patents still pending, also dating from the same period. Jerome H. Lemelson filed many applications that became submarine patents. He and his...
- Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention, also called Strasbourg Convention or Strasbourg Patent Convention, is a multilateral treaty...