patent

Definition

Examples

The engineer applied for a patent to protect his new design.

Word Family

Synonyms

• licensea legal document giving official permission to do something
• copyrighta document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work

Collocations

• Easy apply for a utility patent
  to submit a formal request or put into practice regarding for a utility patent
• Medium patent pending on the mechanism
  to patent pending on the mechanism, meaning to obtain a patent for
• Hard defend against patent infringement claims
  to defend against patent infringement claims, meaning to argue or speak in defense of
• Very Hard dismiss the notion as patent absurdity
  to dismiss the notion as patent absurdity, meaning to bar from attention or consideration