Patent Definition–noun | 1. | the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years. |
| 2. | an invention or process protected by this right. |
| 3. | an official document conferring such a right; letters patent. |
| 4. | the instrument by which the government of the United States conveys the legal fee-simple title to public land. |
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–adjective patent(for 10, 12–15.) | 6. | protected by a patent; patented: a patent cooling device. |
| 7. | pertaining to, concerned with, or dealing with patents, esp. on inventions: a patent attorney; patent law. |
| 8. | conferred by a patent, as a right or privilege. |
| 9. | holding a patent, as a person. |
| 10. | readily open to notice or observation; evident; obvious: a patent breach of good manners. |
| 11. | made of patent leather: patent shoes. |
| 12. | lying open; not enclosed or shut in: a patent field. |
| 13. | Chiefly Botany. expanded or spreading. |
| 14. | open, as a doorway or a passage. |
| 15. | Phonetics. open, in various degrees, to the passage of the breath stream. |
–verb (used with object) | 16. | to take out a patent on; obtain the exclusive rights to (an invention, process, etc.) by a patent. |
| 17. | to originate and establish as one's own. |
| 18. | Metallurgy. to heat and quench (wire) so as to prepare for cold-drawing. |
| 19. | to grant (public land) by a patent. |
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And Definition–conjunction | 1. | (used to connect grammatically coordinate words, phrases, or clauses) along or together with; as well as; in addition to; besides; also; moreover: pens and pencils. |
| 2. | added to; plus: 2 and 2 are 4. |
| 3. | then: He read for an hour and went to bed. |
| 4. | also, at the same time: to sleep and dream. |
| 5. | then again; repeatedly: He coughed and coughed. |
| 6. | (used to imply different qualities in things having the same name): There are bargains and bargains, so watch out. |
| 7. | (used to introduce a sentence, implying continuation) also; then: And then it happened. |
| 8. | Informal. to (used between two finite verbs): Try and do it. Call and see if she's home yet. |
| 9. | (used to introduce a consequence or conditional result): He felt sick and decided to lie down for a while. Say one more word about it and I'll scream. |
| 10. | but; on the contrary: He tried to run five miles and couldn't. They said they were about to leave and then stayed for two more hours. |
| 11. | (used to connect alternatives): He felt that he was being forced to choose between his career and his family. |
| 12. | (used to introduce a comment on the preceding clause): They don't like each other—and with good reason. |
| 13. | Archaic. if: and you please. Compare an2. |
–noun | 14. | an added condition, stipulation, detail, or particular: He accepted the job, no ands or buts about it. |
—Idioms| 16. | and so forth, and the like; and others; et cetera: We discussed traveling, sightseeing, and so forth. |
| 17. | and so on, and more things or others of a similar kind; and the like: It was a summer filled with parties, picnics, and so on. |
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Trademark Definition–noun | 1. | any name, symbol, figure, letter, word, or mark adopted and used by a manufacturer or merchant in order to designate his or her goods and to distinguish them from those manufactured or sold by others. A trademark is a proprietary term that is usually registered with the Patent and Trademark Office to assure its exclusive use by its owner. |
| 2. | a distinctive mark or feature particularly characteristic of or identified with a person or thing. |
–verb (used with object) | 3. | to stamp or otherwise place a trademark designation upon. |
| 4. | to register the trademark of. |
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Office Definition–noun | 1. | a room, set of rooms, or building where the business of a commercial or industrial organization or of a professional person is conducted: the main office of an insurance company; a doctor's office. |
| 2. | a room assigned to a specific person or a group of persons in a commercial or industrial organization: Her office is next to mine. |
| 3. | a business or professional organization: He went to work in an architect's office. |
| 4. | the staff or designated part of a staff at a commercial or industrial organization: The whole office was at his wedding. |
| 5. | a position of duty, trust, or authority, esp. in the government, a corporation, a society, or the like: She was elected twice to the office of president. |
| 6. | employment or position as an official: to seek office. |
| 7. | the duty, function, or part of a particular person or agency: to act in the office of adviser. |
| 8. | (initial capital letter ) an operating agency or division of certain departments of the U.S. Government: Office of Community Services. |
| 9. | (initial capital letter) British. a major administrative unit or department of the national government: the Foreign Office. |
| 10. | Slang. hint, signal, or warning; high sign. |
| 11. | Often, off
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ices. something, whether good or bad, done or said for or to another: He obtained a position through the offices of a friend. |
| 12. | Ecclesiastical. | a. | the prescribed order or form for a service of the church or for devotional use. |
| b. | the services so prescribed. |
| c. | Also called divine office. the prayers, readings from Scripture, and psalms that must be recited every day by all who are in major orders. |
| d. | a ceremony or rite, esp. for the dead. |
| 13. | a service or task to be performed; assignment; chore: little domestic offices. |
| 14. | offices, Chiefly British. | a. | the parts of a house, as the kitchen, pantry, or laundry, devoted mainly to household work. |
| b. | the stables, barns, cowhouses, etc., of a farm. |
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