| PAT | grant rights to |
|---|---|
| PAT | clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses |
| PAT | (of a bodily tube or passageway) open |
| PAT | an application for sole rights to an invention |
| PAT | a ductus arteriosus that failed to close at birth |
| PAT | violation of the rights secured by a patent |
| PAT | that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing patents |
| PAT | leather with a hard glossy surface |
| PAT | a torpedo-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed |
| PAT | medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription |
| PAT | a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention |
| PAT | the government bureau that keeps a record of patents and grants new ones |