| patent infringement | violation of the rights secured by a patent |
| protection tribute | payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence, every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection |
| protection | the activity of protecting someone or something, the witnesses demanded police protection |
self-defense
self-defence
self-protection | the act of defending yourself |
| protection trade protection | the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition, he made trade protection a plank in the party platform |
auspices
protection aegis | kindly endorsement and guidance, the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council |
oscilloscope
scope cathodeay oscilloscope
CRO | electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities |
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 |
protective covering
protective cover
protection | a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury, they had no protection from the fallout, wax provided protection for the floors |
tachistoscope
t-scope | scientific instrument used by psychologists, presents visual stimuli for brief exposures |
telescope
scope | a magnifier of images of distant objects |
sun protection factor
SPF | the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun |
scope
range
reach
orbit
compass
ambit | an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: the range of a supersonic jet, a piano has a greater range than the human voice, the ambit of municipal legislation, within the compass of this article, within the scope of an investigation, outside the reach of the law, in the political orbit of a world power |
| equal protection of the laws | a right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and by the due-process clause of the Fifth Amendment |
| 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 |
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA | an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment |
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 |
| security protection | defense against financial failure, financial independence, his pension gave him security in his old age, insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness |
setting
background
scope | the state of the environment in which a situation exists, you can't do that in a university setting |
protection
shelter | the condition of being protected, they were huddled together for protection, he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home |
| 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 |