patents
Definitions
Government licenses conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.
Official documents confirming such a right or grant.
Obvious or evident; plain.
Examples
The company filed several new patents to protect its innovative software designs.
She spent years researching and securing patents for her medical inventions.
The legal battle over the technology patents lasted for nearly a decade.
Synonyms
copyrights trademarks licenses charters grants privileges monopolies
Antonyms
infringements plagiarisms thefts piracies forfeitures denials rejections