- 1connected with a patent patent applications/laws the U.S. Patent Office
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- 2(old-fashioned) (of a product) made or sold by a particular company patent medicines
- 3NAmE//ˈpeɪtnt//, NAmE//ˈpætnt//(formal) used to emphasize that something bad is very clear and obvious synonym blatant It was a patent lie.
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