| patent | a torpedo-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed |
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| patent | medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription |
| patent | a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention |
| patent | the government bureau that keeps a record of patents and grants new ones |
| patent | the right granted by a patent |
| patent | a legal system for protecting the rights of inventors |
| patent | (of devices and processes) protected by patent |
| patent | the inventor to whom a patent is issued |
| patent | unmistakably |