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Patent-hammered :: Patent-hammered (a.) Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.

Capitalize :: Capitalize (v. t.) To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.).

Non Obstante :: Non obstante () A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, importing a license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any statute to the contrary. This dispensing power was abolished by the Bill of Rights..

Chlorodyne :: Chlorodyne (n.) A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc..

Brief :: Brief (n.) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose..

Patent :: Patent (a.) A writing securing to an invention.

Marquis :: Marquis (n.) A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent..

Baronetcy :: Baronetcy (n.) The rank or patent of a baronet.

Patent :: Patent (a.) Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines..

Patency :: Patency (n.) The state of being patent or evident.

Patent :: Patent (a.) Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf..

Patent :: Patent (a.) Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter..

Patentee :: Patentee (n.) One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent..

Patent :: Patent (v. t.) To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands..

Patently :: Patently (adv.) Openly; evidently.

Erecto-patent :: Erecto-patent (a.) Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.

Patenting :: Patenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paten.

Interferant :: Interferant (n.) One of the contestants in interference before the Patent Office.

Monopoly :: Monopoly (n.) The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product..

Patentable :: Patentable (a.) Suitable to be patented; capable of being patented.

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