A patent case involves copyrighted or patented material. The word patent can also mean the subject matter is obvious on its face.
"Patent" in this case means obvious or apparent. If you show patent dereliction of duty, you are obviously not doing your job.
Patent cases
India has won the Basmati patent, and the texmati patent has been annuled as of may 2010
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it is wide open
One type of patent is the design patent, which protects "ornamental characteristics." If the design is sufficiently innovative, it may receive a design patent.
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lawer comment on turmeric case
It means it is open and functioning. patent=functional.
It could be any of the three. Which it is in any given case depends on the rest of the sentence. "Genentech has a patent on that compound" - Noun. "Harvey was going to patent his invention" - Verb. "These shoes are patent leather" - Adjective.
it means that you have a gross patent and need a new one