patenting

noun

an official document granting a right or privilege

a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention

verb

make open to sight or notice

grant rights to

obtain a patent for

adjective

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

(of a bodily tube or passageway) open

Roots

pateopat- · Latin · lie open

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Where does patenting come from?

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