Patented means that a federal government has issued a patent covering one or more claims for an invention. A patent gives the patent owners the exclusive right to make, use, sell or import the invention in that country. Anyone caught violating the patent can be sued for damages and injunction.
A patent case involves copyrighted or patented material. The word patent can also mean the subject matter is obvious on its face.
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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.
It means it is open and functioning. patent=functional.
"Patent" in this case means obvious or apparent. If you show patent dereliction of duty, you are obviously not doing your job.
"Patent" in medical terms means open, as a vessel. The opposite is "occluded."
it means that you have a gross patent and need a new one
"Patent" in medical terms means open, as a vessel. The opposite is "occluded."
The word is used in reference to the commercial success potential of a patent or patent pending invention.
There was nothing blocking the mouth and the entry to the esophagus.
If you mean "patent" dates, no, that does not necessarily indicate when the gun was manufactured. The patent date indicates when the design was patented.