Clues for the word "PATENT"
We've had 87 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 198 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on May 04, 2026.
Definition of patent
- a. - Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.
- a. - Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter.
- a. - 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.
- a. - Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf.
- a. - 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. - A writing securing to an invention.
- a. - A document making a grant and conveyance of public lands.
- a. - The right or privilege conferred by such a document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the nature of a patent.
- v. t. - 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 Clues
- It may be pending
- Kind of lawyer
- Clear
- Inventor's desire
- Obvious
- Manifest
- ___ leather
- Brainchild protector
- Unmistakable
- Inventor's goal
- Lincoln is the only U.S. president to have one
- Kind of examiner 56-Across was
- Lincoln is the only U.S. president ever to receive one of these
- Inventor's protection
- Protection authorized in 1790
- Invention protection
- Document for Edison
- Inventor's possession
- ___ leather (shoe material)
- Inventor's document
- Inventor's legal document
- Edison accomplishment, frequently
- Unconcealed
- Type of lawyer
- My grandfather registered one for a voltage regulator circuit
- Inventor's claim
- Gadget protector
- Gizmo protector
- Inventor's insurance
- Gadgeteer's acquisition
- Shiny leather
- Inventor's milestone
- Document for 1-Across
- Inventor's paper
- Inventor's quest
- One of Edison's 1,000-plus
- Plain as day
- Recognition not sought by Benjamin Franklin
- Possibly pending protection
- Item authorized by Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
- Properietary product
- Proprietary product
- Copyright
- Conspicuous
- It lasts 20 years
- Exclusive license of a sort
- It protects an inventor's rights, that's obvious
- Father's mobile home - it's obvious
- Legal rights to an invention
- Clear case, not egocentric?
- Proprietary - that's very clear
- Head's not empty - is that clear?
- An obvious attempt to discourage imitators
- Shut up at the inside: that's clear
- A safeguard against pirates: that's clear
- Dad takes shelter, that's clear
- Flagrant licence
- A knockabout number; that's clear
- Dad takes shelter, that's obvious
- Sole right to exploit an invention
- Obvious - property right to invention
- Obvious case, one dismissed
- 9 is invalid without one
- Rubbish seen round temporary dwelling - the conclusion? Don't copy it
- Head, not heart, missing - it's obvious
- Perfectly round number, that's clear
- For all to see
- Licence to make product for iodine-deficient hospital inmate
- Father in need of sheltered accommodation? That's very evident
- Visible invisible
- Open Dad's wine
- Copyright?
- A form of protection, that's clear
- Open
- Copyright's cousin
- ... providing clear evidence of invention
- Entrepreneur's protection
- One of Edison's 1,093
- Any of Edison's 1,000+
- Protection for an idea
- Proprietary – that's evident
- George Washington signed America's first one in 1790
- It's easy to see dad going to the pavilion
- Inventor's right
- Easily recognizable
- One of 3,000 annually for IBM
- One of four awarded to Bill Nye
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 04, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 22, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 19, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 28, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 01, 2026
- Mirror Daily - November 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 09, 2025
- New York Times - October 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 07, 2025
- Mirror Mini - June 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 02, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 20, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 30, 2025
- New York Times - January 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 11, 2024
- Family Time - November 24, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 01, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 26, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 20, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 19, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 20, 2024
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