resistance opposition | the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with, he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens, despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead |
patent infringement | violation of the rights secured by a patent |
confrontation opposition | the act of hostile groups opposing each other, the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions, the invaders encountered stiff opposition |
patent log screw log taffrail log | a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed |
patent medicine | medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription |
patent right | the right granted by a patent, especially the exclusive right to an invention |
patent ductus arteriosus | a ductus arteriosus that failed to close at birth, may require surgical correction |
patent system | a legal system for protecting the rights of inventors |
patent law | that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing patents |
patent patent of invention | a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention |
patent application | an application for sole rights to an invention |
patent letters patent | an official document granting a right or privilege |
Patent and Trademark Office Database Patent Office | the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones |
opposition | a body of people united in opposing something |
Opposition | the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected, Her Majesty's loyal opposition |
enemy foe foeman opposition | an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force), a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies |
opposition opponent opposite | a contestant that you are matched against |
opposition | a direction opposite to another |
orthogonality perpendicularity orthogonal opposition | the relation of opposition between things at right angles |
antipodal antipodal opposition diametrical opposition | the relation of opposition along a diameter |
opposition oppositeness | the relation between opposed entities |
mutual opposition polarity | a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies, he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil |
gradable opposition | an opposition that is capable of being graded |
polar opposition | an opposition that can be graded between two extremes or poles |
ungradable opposition | an opposition that has no intermediate grade, either one or the other |
patent leather | leather with a hard glossy surface |
patent | make open to sight or notice, His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him |
patent | obtain a patent for, Should I patent this invention? |
patent | grant rights to, grant a patent for |
apparent evident manifest patent plain unmistakable | 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 |
patent | (of a bodily tube or passageway) open, affording free passage, patent ductus arteriosus |