S: (v) patent (obtain a patent for) "Should I patent this invention?"
S: (v) patent (grant rights to; grant a patent for)
S: (v) patent (make open to sight or notice) "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"
Adjective
S: (adj) patent ((of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage) "patent ductus arteriosus"
S: (adj) apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable (clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment) "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"; "a palpable lie"