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āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to patent
01
āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to obtain legal ownership and protection for an invention or innovation
Transitive: to patent an invention
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The inventor decided to patent his groundbreaking technology to prevent others from using it without permission.
āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ°āĻž āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
to officially grant legal rights for an invention, innovation, or process
Transitive: to patent a product
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
International patent offices patent inventions submitted by global inventors.
patent
01
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻˇ
readily apparent without any ambiguity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Her enthusiasm for the project was patent to everyone in the room.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻš āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻļāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯, āĻā§āĻ˛āĻž
(of a tube or passage in the body) open and allowing free passage
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The surgeon checked that the stent kept the artery patent.
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Patent
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Filing for a patent can be a lengthy and expensive process, but it grants the inventor exclusive rights to their creation.
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āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
patented
patent
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