patent

a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention

an official document granting a right or privilege

obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?"

grant rights to; grant a patent for

make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"

(of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"