patente — meaning in English
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English meaning
- patent noun An official government grant giving an inventor sole rights to make, use, or sell an invention for a set period.
Senses
patente is used for these senses in English:
- license plate An identifying tag, usually made of metal, bearing a sequence of letters or numbers identifying the vehicle, and placed at the rear and, often, also at the front of a motor vehicle.
- patent Explicit and obvious.
- patent A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.
- patent leather Leather that has been given a high-gloss, shiny finish.
patent — full definition
- noun An official government grant giving an inventor sole rights to make, use, or sell an invention for a set period.
- verb To obtain a patent for an invention.
- adj Obvious or clear to see; completely evident.