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nounA patent is an official right to be the only person or company allowed to make or sell a new product for a certain period of time.P&G applied for a patent on its cookies.He held a number of patents for his many innovations.It sued Centrocorp for patent infringement.verbIf you patent something, you obtain a patent for it.He patented the idea that the atom could be split.The invention has been patented by the university....a patented process for disinfecting liquids.adjectiveYou use patent to describe something, especially something bad, in order to indicate in an emphatic way that you think its nature or existence is clear and obvious.This was patent nonsense....a patent lie.He made his displeasure patently obvious.This is patently absurd. C1

word	patent
definition	noun A patent is an official right to be the only person or company allowed to make or sell a new product for a certain period of time. P&G applied for a patent on its cookies. He held a number of patents for his many innovations. It sued Centrocorp for patent infringement. verb If you patent something, you obtain a patent for it. He patented the idea that the atom could be split. The invention has been patented by the university. ...a patented process for disinfecting liquids. adjective You use patent to describe something, especially something bad, in order to indicate in an emphatic way that you think its nature or existence is clear and obvious. This was patent nonsense. ...a patent lie. He made his displeasure patently obvious. This is patently absurd.
inflections	patentspatentingpatentedpatently
cefr-level	C1

Patent Patented Patently Obvious Noun Official Person Company