Answer:
We have spotted PATENT (6 Letters) a total of 12 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with PATENT and also when and where was it last seen:
Definition
| • | Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous. |
| • | Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter. |
| • | 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. |
| • | Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf. |
| • | A letter patent, or letters patent; an official document, issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or privilege on some person or party. |
| • | A writing securing to an invention. |
| • | A document making a grant and conveyance of public lands. |
| • | The right or privilege conferred by such a document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the nature of a patent. |
| • | 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. |
Referring crossword puzzle clues
- Plainly obvious
- Perfectly clear
- Easily recognizable
- Invention protection
- Inventor's protection
- Plain to see
- Gizmo protector
- Unmistakable
Usage among publishers:
- Wall Street Journal: May 4, 2024
- Newsday: Feb 29, 2024
- New York Times: Jul 23, 2023
- USA Today: Jun 29, 2023
- Newsday: Jun 4, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Jun 3, 2023
- Thomas Joseph: Apr 1, 2023
- LA Times: Feb 23, 2023