Read the dictionary definition of patent. All definitions for this word.
1. a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
2. an official document granting a right or privilege
3. make open to sight or notice
1. His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him
4. obtain a patent for
1. Should I patent this invention?
5. grant rights to; grant a patent for
6. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
1. the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields
2. evident hostility
3. manifest disapproval
4. patent advantages
5. made his meaning plain
6. it is plain that he is no reactionary
7. in plain view
8. a palpable lie
7. (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage
1. patent ductus arteriosus