patent infringement | violation of the rights secured by a patent |
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 |
certificate certification credential credentials | a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts |
certificate of incorporation | state approval of the articles of incorporation of a corporation |
birth certificate | a copy of the official document giving details of a person's birth |
teaching certificate teacher's certificate | a certificate saying that the holder is qualified to teach in the public schools |
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 |
face-amount certificate company | a regulated investment company that pays a stated amount to certificate holders on a stated maturity date |
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 |
certificate of deposit CD | a debt instrument issued by a bank, usually pays interest |
silver certificate | formerly a bank note issued by the United States Treasury and redeemable in silver |
debt instrument obligation certificate of indebtedness | a written promise to repay a debt |
security certificate | a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment, the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends, he held several valuable securities |
stock certificate stock | a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation, the value of his stocks doubled during the past year |
bond bond certificate | a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money, the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal |
partnership certificate | a certificate showing the interests of all parties in a business partnership |
proprietorship certificate | a certificate showing who is responsible in an individually owned business |
General Certificate of Secondary Education GCSE O level | the basic level of a subject taken in school |
patent leather | leather with a hard glossy surface |
patent | make open to sight or notice, His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him |
certificate | authorize by certificate |
patent | obtain a patent for, Should I patent this invention? |
certificate | present someone with a certificate |
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 |