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Definitions: Patent |
PatentAdjective1. (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus". 2. Clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view". Noun1. A document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention. 2. An official document granting a right or privilege. Verb1. Obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?". 2. Grant rights to; grant a patent for. 3. Make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "patent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of securing a patent, denotes that you will be careful and painstaking with any task you set about to accomplish. If you fail in securing your patent, you will suffer failure for the reason that you are engaging in enterprises for which you have no ability. If you buy one, you will have occasion to make a tiresome and fruitless journey. To see one, you will suffer unpleasantness from illness. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Economics | A grant by law of a privilege, property, or authority, to one or more individuals - including the grant to an inventor of the right to exclude others from making, using or selling the invention for a term of years. (references) |
Finance | In real estate, a patent is the original document issued for the purpose of granting public land to an individual. (references) |
Information | Publication including patents, inventor's certificates, utility models or certificates and applications therefor and for which a patent is sought. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | A document containing an invention granted by government with the monopoly right to produce, use, sell or get profit from the invention for a certain number of years. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A document that conveys title to the ground, and no further assessment work need be done; however, taxes must be paid. The procedure of obtaining a patent is divided into five steps: (1) a mineral surveyor is paid to make a patent survey, to adjust boundaries and correct errors, in which case an amended location should be made; (2) at least $500 worth of improvement must have been made per claim; (3) the presence of valuable mineral must be proven beyond reasonable doubt; (4) the matter is taken up with the local land office, and the proper notices must be published in the papers for a specified time; and (5) the purchase price of the land ispaid and the patent is received. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
One form of intellectual property, a patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to an inventor or applicant for a limited amount of time (normally 20 years). The term patent originates from the term to patent which means to lay open (to public inspection) and the term letters patent, which originally denoted royal decrees granting exclusive rights to certain individuals or businesses. Per the word's original definition, one widely accepted social goal of patents is to induce the inventor to disclose knowledge for the advancement of society in exchange for a limited period of exclusivity.
An application for a patent (other than a design patent) must explain how to practice (i.e., make and/or use) the invention(s) and must also include "claims" that particularly point out the invention(s). Generally, the exclusive rights are limited to the invention(s) defined by the patent's claims. Patent claims are typically of the form of a long sentence, e.g., "An apparatus for catching mice comprising, a base member for placement on a flat surface, a spring member...", "A chemical for cleaning windows comprised of 10-15% ammonia, ...", "A method for computing future life expectancies, the method comprising gathering personal data including X,Y, Z, ...", etc.
Claim language formats and practices vary widely between different countries. Each word of a claim is considered an "element" of the claim. In order to exclude someone from using your invention in a court you will have to demonstrate to the court that what the other person is using is identical to the claimed invention. (Note, while the United States is moving towards more rigid claim interpretations and generally, issued patents have a large number of claims, the practice elsewhere in the world differs.)
Continuing the example though, if the inventor's improved mouse trap patent claims a guillotining member, but the original manufacturer copies other unclaimed aspects of the improvement, the inventor might not be able to exclude the manufacturer from using those other improvements.
For this reason, it is important, especially in the United States, that the patentee eventually obtain patent claims that include the absolute minimal set of items that differentiate a new invention over what came before. Dependent claims can be used to describe additional variations and features.
Patent grants are territorial in nature. Thus, patent protection in multiple countries require separate filings of patent applications in each country, or region, where protection is sought. Within Europe, it is possible to apply for a patent with the European Patent Office; but these are not true regional patents, see Community Patent for discussion.
Many of the international treaties are designed to afford some recognition of filing dates to patent applications filed in one country. Typically, inventors are allowed one year from the date of their filing in their home country to file the application abroad, frequently called national stage filing. Systems such as the Patent Cooperation Treaty or PCT allow inventors a cost effective way to further delay national stage filings.
The authority for patent statutes in different countries varies. In the United States, the authority is rooted in Article One, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. In other countries, the origin may be a statute or other law or rule.
Some countries do not formally review patents and others will accept the judgment of other patent examining authorities. For example, some smaller countries, such as Belgium, will grant a patent automatically or with minimal examination if a patent has been granted on the same invention in the United States, European Union, or Japan.
A typical examining procedure is:
Generally speaking, there are three broad categories of patentable subject matter: processes, machines, and articles of manufacture. Processes include algorithms, business methods, most software, medical techniques, sports techniques and the like. Machines includes devices and apparatuses. Articles of manufacture include mechanical devices, electrical/electronic devices and compositions of matter such as chemicals, medicines, DNA, RNA, etc.
Mathematical truths, however, are not patentable, and software inventions implementing algorithms are not patentable for this reason unless there is some kind of practical application (US law) or technical effect (European law). The US standard for the patentability of software is more liberal than that in Europe. Japanese patent law lies between the US and Europe.
Presently in 2001, the patenting of software (and business methods) is quite controversial from a global perspective. Case law in the United States permits patents for software and business methods. Yet software as such is not patentable in Europe, although some inventions that use software can be patented in Europe.
Patents related to natural compounds (e.g. items found in rainforests) as well as medicines and medical treatment techniques are also controversial. There are significant country-by-country differences in handling these subject matters. For example, in the United States you can get a patent for a surgical method but you cannot enforce your right to exclude.
An invention is not novel if there is a previously existing or divulged device or process that includes all of the elements of the claimed invention. Identifying such "prior art" by the patent examiner is accomplished by a search of literature (technical journals, published and issued patents, etc.) that predate the filing date of the particular patent application.
The comparison of the relevant prior art to the claimed invention can be highly technical in the sense that if the patent claim requires a blade to be between "5 and 10 cm" and a particular reference (one piece of literature found by the examiner) speaks of a blade having a length of "at least 11 cm", then the reference is insufficient to defeat the novelty of the claimed invention.
Accordingly, obviousness asks the question whether all previously known technology related to the invention would teach a "person of ordinary skill in the art", e.g. someone who does the type of things relating to the technical field of the invention, how to make the invention. Many applications for United States patents are initially rejected as being obvious.
The standard of obviousness and its application are more subjective and controversial than that of novelty. If the requirements are set very high, virtually nothing is patentable. Similarly if the requirements are very low, all kinds of trivial inventions can receive patents.
Generally, the patent laws make it difficult for patent examiners to employ hindsight reason in rejecting a claim as obvious, by requiring some teaching that would motivate a person of ordinary skill in the art to modify the technology found in the prior to arrive at the claimed invention. In the United States, objective evidence or secondary considerations of non-obviousness can overcome a proper obviousness rejection. Such secondary consideratons can include unexpected results, commercial success, long-felt need, failure of others, copying by others, licensing, and skepticism of experts.
As a practical matter, during examination the patent examiner will attempt to locate two or more references that when combined show all of the features of the claimed invention and indicate that one of ordinary skill would make that combination. Continuing the example of the claim limitation of a blade that is between "5 and 10 cm", if a second reference were found that said something like "in many instances where long blade sizes are required smaller length blades can be used with equal efficacy", then the examiner would argue that the two references in combination teach or suggest the claimed limitation.
The threshold for the obviousness standard can be particularly frustrating in genus-species situations. For example, if an inventor finds two species of a particular genus, e.g. two particular chemical compositions out of 10,000 in the broader genus, should the inventor be entitled to a patent on the entire genus? Further, what if someone has discovered the genus already, but not isolated any of the species, are the species obvious in light of the genus? Under US law, the species may still be patentable if they produce results that are unexpectedly different than that of other previously known members of the genus.
For example, suppose a software inventor unveils the quicksort sorting algorithm to the world but only discloses it using integers (this is the species). The next day, can someone else file a patent on an "improved" quicksort suitable for use on any set where a partial ordering can be defined (this is the genus)? Under US law, this is not a question of obviousness since a claim to the genus lacks novelty as the species is known.
Also, in several countries there are multiple types of patents, and the twenty year term frequently only applies to so called utility patents and not design, petit, or other kinds of less heavily examined patents. For example, the term of a U.S. design patent, which protects the ornamental shape of objects, lasts fourteen years from its issue date.
On July 31, 1790 inventor Samuel Hopkins became the first person issued patent in the United States. In 1834, the first black man granted a patent, Henry Blair (of Glenross, Maryland), patents a corn planter. In 1836, on August 31, Blair was issued a cotton seed planter patent. In 1863, Alfred Nobel gains Swedish patent for the preparation of nitroglycerin (originally called "blasting oil"). In 1868, Nobel patented form of safe handling dynamite.
Rights granted and rights not granted
A modern patent provides the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing the patented invention. Generally, patents are enforced only through private actions; namely, through civil lawsuitss or licensing agreementss. Governments typically reserve the right to suspend or cancel a patent at will.Example
If an inventor takes an existing patented mouse trap design and modifies it to make an improved mouse trap and obtains a patent on the improvement, he or she can legally (at the risk of being sued) build his or her improved mouse trap only with permission from the patent owner of the original mouse trap, assuming the original patent is still in force. However, if the original patent owner tried to copy the inventor's improvement, he or she could sue that original patent owner to exclude him or her from using the improvement without permission.Governing laws
At this time, there are a number of significant international treaties governing patent law and the United States, European Union, and Japan, are parties to the significant ones. This has lead to significant harmonization of patent law worldwide, particularly in the last ten to fifteen years. Procedurally, the United States system is perhaps one of the more unusual although some recent changes have brought the United States' system further into line with other major patent systems. The biggest difference that remains is that the US system awards the patent to the "first to invent", yet in the rest of the world the "first to file" is awarded the patent. In contests between different inventors over priority (called "interferences"), however, the second one to file has the burden of proof and usually loses such contests.Examination process and procedure
Typically, an application for a patent is examined before a patent is issued or granted for an invention. That is to say, the application is reviewed by a patent examiner for patentability.
The specifics of the review process include:
Different patent systems use different terms and different standards for these concepts, of which the most important probably are: patentable subject matter, novelty and non-obviousness.Patentable subject matter
The standard for what is patentable subject matter in the United States is "anything under the sun made by man" that is new (novel), useful, and non-obvious. Similar standards for patentability apply in Japan and the European Patent Office (EPO). Under US law, a claimed invention lacks utility (usefulness) if it does not have a described specific, substantial, and credible use.Novelty
Novelty relates to whether something existed before its "invention" by the applicant or was divulged to the public before the patent application's filing date. For public disclosures of the invention by the inventor, the United States permits a 1 year grace period, but most other countries provide no grace period, instead requiring "absolute novelty".Non-obviousness
Even if an applicant's claim for an invention is technically novel (i.e. not taught by a single prior art reference), a patent can still be denied to the applicant if the applicant's subject matter is "obvious". The purpose of forbidding patents on obvious technologies is to prevent a person from obtaining exclusive rights to what is effectively already in the possession of the public, even if documentation of the exact form of the applicant's embodiment happens to be lacking.Term of patent
As TRIPS treaty declares the term of an issued patent is twenty years from earliest claimed filing date. In the United States, for applications filed prior to June 8, 1995, the patent term is seventeen years from the issue date. For applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, the term is twenty years from the earliest claimed filing date. The rules for patents in force and pending at the transition date (June 8, 1995) are significantly more complicated but grant the patentee whichever term is longer.Example
If the better mousetrap patent is filed on January 1, 1996 and is issued or granted on January 1, 2000, it will lapse twenty years from filing: January 1, 2016. However, if the inventor comes up with a second improvement and claims priority to her first patent when filing the second patent on January 1, 1998, that second patent, after grant, would lapse twenty years from the earliest claimed priority: January 1, 2016.Early history of patents
Although there is evidence suggesting that something like patents was used among some ancient Greek cities, patents in the modern sense originated in England with the Statute of Monopolies in 1624 under King James I of England. Prior to this time, the crown would issue letters patent providing any person with a "monopoly" to produce particular goods or provide particular services. This power, which was to raise money for the crown, was widely abused, and court began to limit the circumstances in which they could be granted. Parliament eventually restricted the crown's power explicitly through the Statute of Monopolies so that the King could only issue letters patents to the inventors or introducers of original inventions for a fixed number of years. Section 6 of the Statute refers to "manner[s] of new manufacture . . . [by] inventors", and this section remains the foundation for patent law in England and Australia. The Statute of Monopolies was latter developed by the courts to produce modern patent law; this innovation was soon adopted by other countries.Quote
See also: law, intellectual property, chemical patent, Software patent, United States patent, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Software patentsPatent Discussion
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Patent."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| PAL | English | Patent Associated Literature | N/A |
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Synonyms: PatentSynonyms: apparent (adj), evident (adj), manifest (adj), plain (adj), letters patent (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Manifestation | Explicit, overt, patent, express; ostensible; open, open as day; naked, bare, literal, downright, undisguised, exoteric. |
Opening | Adjective: open; perforated; Verb: perforate; wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped; oscitant, gaping, yawning; patent. |
Permission | Permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman; hukm; pass, passport; furlough, license, carte blanche, ticket of leave; grant, charter; patent, letters patent. |
Adjective: permitting; Verb: permissive, indulgent; permitted; Verb: patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal; legalized; (law); licit; unforbid, unforbidden; unconditional. | |
Property | Patent, copyright; chose in action; credit; debt;. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | So long as it makes me ride faster and makes us both millionaires when we sell the patent. (Head Start; writing credit: Andrea Del Bosco; Glen Dolman) He's a patent clerk, and I think mister Einstein has some very good ideas. (The Time Machine; writing credit: H.G. Wells; David Duncan) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Patent Medicine Kid (1928) The Patent Leather Kid (1927) | |
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 | Sounding machine, with Bassnett's Patent Atmospheric Lead (a sounding tube.) In: "Report on the Construction and Work in 1880 of United States Fish Commission Steamer FISH-HAWK", by Lieutenant Zera Luther Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part IX. Report of the Commissioner for 1881. Plate XV, p. 53.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 48. Walker log, used to measure the speed of a ship under way. This instrument was towed behind a vessel and the number of turns of the rotor during a given interval was directly proportional to the speed of the vessel through the water. This instrument was apparently invented prior to 1882 and sold under the name "T. Walker's patent harpoon ship log.".Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | CDs with federal land patent data can be used to research family history.Credit: Cathy Rodine. |  | Perkins' Patent Dental Chair. / H. Sebald.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [Front of shack with patent medicine advertisements] / [P.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Marion Post Walcott].. |  | Architectural drawing for a government building ("New Patent Office"), Washington, D.C. Plan, section, and perspective.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Patent balancing by an amateur.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Patent Democratic Republican steam shaving shop.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Alexander Graham Bell, Theodore Vail, Thomas Watson, Gilbert Grosvenor, and others standing on the steps of the National Geographic Society building on the fortieth anniversary of the U.S. patent for the telephone.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Patent Office does record business as inventions pour in.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | And on this head, we have caused to be made for them letters testimonial patent of the lord Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, of the lord Henry, archbishop of Dublin, of the bishops aforesaid, and of Master Pandulf as touching this security and the concessions aforesaid. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The period from August 1, 1914, until the coming into force of the present Treaty shall be excluded in considering the time within which a patent should be worked or a trade mark or design used, and it is further agreed that no patent, registered trade mark or design in force on August 1, 1914, shall be subject to revocation or cancellation by reason only of the failure to work such patent or use such trade mark or design for two years after the coming into force of the present Treaty. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Thou deservest the patent for the invention of beautiful women. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Rose of Sharon sat down heavily on a box and regarded her wedding shoes, black patent leather and tailored black bows. |
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Health | Treatment for patent ductus arteriosus, a circulatory problem sometimes found in premature infants. (references) | |
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a passage or a hole (sometimes called a "shunt") in the heart wall separating the two atria, or upper chambers, of the heart. (references) | ||
Despite their limitations, these studies suggested possible benefits in reduction of the incidence and severity of respiratory distress syndrome, and reduction in the incidence of patent ductus arteriosus. (references) | ||
Business | This is particularly true in the patent area, especially for pharmaceuticals. (references) | |
However the report cited inadequate progress towards the enactment of a new patent law. (references) | ||
UAE patent law provides process, not product, patent protection for pharmaceutical products. (references) | ||
Economic History | Georgia | Approximately 500 patent applications are filed annually with the Office, of which about half are filed by international applicants. (references) |
Egypt | Inadequate patent protection has been so far the biggest barrier to licensing in Egypt. (references) | |
Greece | As for intellectual property, Greece is a member of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the European Patent Convention, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the Washington Patent Cooperation Treaty, and the Bern Copyright Convention. (references) | |
Human Rights | Morocco | Most Moroccans see this case as a patent, heavy-handed attempt by the Government to prevent Boukhari from talking about the Ben Barka disappearance. (references) |
Political Economy | INDONESIA | Indonesia's new Patent Law did not improve several areas of concern to U.S. companies, including compulsory licensing provisions, a relatively short term of protection, and a provision allowing importation of 50 pharmaceutical products by non-patent holders. (references) |
HUNGARY | Hungary belongs to the World Intellectual Property Organization; Paris Convention on Industrial Property; Hague Agreement on Industrial Designs; Nice Agreement on Classification and Registration of Trademarks; Madrid Agreement Concerning Registration and Classification of Trademarks; Patent Cooperation Treaty; and Berne and Universal Copyright Conventions. (references) | |
Trade | Norway | This may be a friend, a company, a lawyer, an individual, or one of the many private patent offices. (references) |
Norway | This is Norway's official patent office, handling trademark registration, innovation protection, etc. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia has had a Patent Law since 1989 and the Patent Office accepts applications, but the number of patents issued remains limited. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | GEOLOGY, n. The science of the earth's crust -- to which, doubtless, will be added that of its interior whenever a man shall come up garrulous out of a well. The geological formations of the globe already noted are catalogued thus: The Primary, or lower one, consists of rocks, bones or mired mules, gas-pipes, miners' tools, antique statues minus the nose, Spanish doubloons and ancestors. The Secondary is largely made up of red worms and moles. The Tertiary comprises railway tracks, patent pavements, grass, snakes, mouldy boots, beer bottles, tomato cans, intoxicated citizens, garbage, anarchists, snap-dogs and fools. |
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John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The laws relating to the administration of the Patent Office are deserving of much consideration and perhaps susceptible of some improvement. |
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| "Patent" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.86% of the time. "Patent" is used about 606 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.86% | 593 | 10,733 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.48% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.33% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.16% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.16% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 606 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "patent": application for a patent ♦ be patent ♦ crinkled patent ♦ crushed patent ♦ European patent application ♦ European Patent Office on Line ♦ Holland Patent ♦ infringement of a patent ♦ letters patent ♦ patent act ♦ patent application ♦ patent article ♦ patent defect ♦ patent document ♦ Patent ductus arteriosus ♦ patent fact ♦ patent flour ♦ patent fuel ♦ patent infringement ♦ patent insides ♦ patent law ♦ patent lawsuit ♦ patent leather ♦ patent log ♦ patent medicine ♦ patent of nobility ♦ patent office ♦ patent on ♦ patent outsides ♦ patent pending ♦ patent remedy ♦ patent right ♦ patent rights ♦ patent roll ♦ patent rolls ♦ patent shoe ♦ patent specification ♦ patent stone ♦ patent strong yarn ♦ patent system ♦ patent yellow ♦ secure by patent ♦ secured by a patent ♦ software patent ♦ take out a patent ♦ take out a patent for. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "patent": patent-ability, patent-applied-for, patent-based, Patent-hammered, patent-holder, patent-holders, patent-leather, patent-pending. | |
Ending with "patent": Erecto-patent, land-patent, letters-patent, off-patent. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
patent | 3,480 |
us patent | 913 |
patent search | 749 |
patent office | 545 |
patent attorney | 293 |
patent trademark | 284 |
patent an invention | 251 |
patent idea | 218 |
patent and trademark office | 195 |
patent information | 175 |
u.s patent | 167 |
patent law | 137 |
united state patent | 124 |
patent application | 120 |
patent lawyer | 115 |
patent agent | 104 |
patent research | 103 |
patent pending | 83 |
canadian patent | 74 |
design patent | 71 |
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Albanian | privilegj (charter, edge, franchise, indulgence, privilege), patentoj, patentë (drivers' license, licence, license), shpikje (concoction, contrivance, fabrication, invention, mintage), origjinal (original, originality, pristine, quaint, racy, uncoined, unconventional, unfeigned, unhackneyed), mendjehollë (clairvoyant, clear-sighted, discerning, intelligent, long-headed, perceptive, perspicacious, quick-witted, sagacious, shrewd, smart), marr patentë (take a drive), i qartë (apparent, articulate, candid, clear, clear-cut, definite, distinct, evident, explicit, express, fair, formal, Frank, in focus, legible, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, neat, obvious, open and shut, palpable, perspicuous, plain, readable, self evident, serene, simple, tangible, unambiguous, unequivocal, visible, well-defined, well-marked), i patentuar (proprietary), i dukshëm (apparent, appreciable, conspicuous, discernible, distinct, evidence, evident, in evidence, manifest, marked, memorable, mere, naked, notable, noticeable, observable, obvious, outward, overt, palpable, perceptible, plain, pointed, prominent, rank, salient, self-explanatory, sensible, sheer, simple, speaking, substantial, telling, thorough-paced, transparent, unconcealed, unqualified, visible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منح شهادة براءة, منح براءة, مسجل (listed, on file, on record, recorded, registered), مصون ببراعة, واضح (apparent, bold, broad, clear, conspicuous, decided, definite, elucidative, evident, explicit, express, frank, intelligible, legible, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, outspoken, palpable, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, plump, pointed, pronounced, punctual, purposely, seeming, sharp, specific, transparent, trenchant, visible), سجل إختراع, جلي (apparent, clear, conspicuous, distinct, evident, express, intelligible, lucid, manifest, marked, obvious, plain, transparent, unequivocal, unmistakable), إمتياز (charter, concession, distinction, excellence, franchise, lien, note, prerogative, privilege, splendor, splendour), أجاز (accredit, allow, clear, endorse, indorse, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimize, licence, license, permit, sanction, steam roller, vouchsafe, warrant), ظاهر (apparent, conspicuous, evident, evidential, manifest, obvious, outstanding, seeming, visible), شهادة براءة, برائي, براءة الإختراع. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | знак (badge, check, denotation, ensign, indication, parallel, peg, place, seal, sign, signal, symptom, type, vestige), достъпен (accessible, available, come-at-able, comprehensible, straightaway), изваждам патент за, патент (licence, license), патентовам, патентован (established, proprietary), патентован изделие, патентован предмет, диплом, белег (earmark, guide, impress, incision, marking, peg, print, scar, seam, sign, snick, stigma, sully, symptom, tincture, token, trace, vestige, weal, welt), явен (apparent, blazing, decided, declared, distinct, downright, evident, Frank, glaring, manifest, marked, noticeable, obvious, open, ostensible, outright, overt, palpable, plain, Plumb, pointed, professed, pronounced, rank, self-explanatory, sheer, thumping, transparent, unconcealed, unmistakable, visible), монопол (monopoly), нов (fresh, maiden, modern, nascent, new, newfangled, novel, recent, up to date, youthful), отворен (abroach, exposed, flat, open, raw, slack, unclosed, wide), очевиден (apparent, axiomatic, axiomatical, conspicuous, demonstrable, evident, manifest, marked, noticeable, obvious, open and shut, palpable, self evident, self-apparent, self-explanatory, sheer, stark, transparent, unmistakable, visible), оригинален (genuine, novel, original, picturesque, protoplastic, provocative, unconventional, unhackneyed, unworn), остроумен (ingenious, ready-witted, salt, salty, smart, witty), хитър (acute, arch, artful, calculating, catty, clever, crafty, cunning, cute, deep, designing, disingenuous, dodgy, foxy, guileful, insidious, knowing, leery, long-headed, parlous, pawky, politic, sharp, shifty, shrewd, sleek, slim, sly, smart, supple, wary, wide, wily, wordly-wise), разперен (outspread), получавам патент за. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 專利 , "利. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | patrný (apparent, appreciable, considerable, evident, manifest, measurable, noticeable, overt, palpable, perceptible, visible), patentovat, patent, zjevný (apparent, manifest, overt, palpable, perspicuous), zřejmý (apparent, clear, evident, noticeable, obvious, open, outward, palpable, perceptible, prima facie, self evident, visible), výsada (franchise, prerogative, privilege), diplom (diploma), dekret (decree, edict). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | patent (patent specification, patented invention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | octrooi (charter, Pat., patent specification, patented invention), patent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | patento. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مفتوح (Open), محسوس (Phenomenal, Sensible, Tangible), گشاده , حق ثبت اختراع , امتیازیااشکار, امتیازی (Preferential), امتیازنامه , انحصاری (Exclusive, Mere), ازاد (Exempt, Free, Gratis, Immune, Loose, Open, Unattached, Unrestrained), دارای حق حق انحصاری بکسی دادن , دارای حق امتیاز, بوسیله حق امتیازمحفوظمانده . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | patentti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | brevet (Pat.), patente (letters patent, patency), brevet d'invention (patent specification, patented invention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | patint, oktroai. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Patent (clever, commission, handy, ingenious, letters patent, neat, nifty, Pat., permit, warrant), patentiert (patented, registered). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ευρεσιτεχνία (patent document, patent specification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לקבל פט ט, פט ט, 'לוי (apparent, detection, disclosure, discovery, evident, exhibition, exposed, manifest, manifestation, obvious, open, overt, plain, revelation, straight), ברור (certain, clarification, clarity, clear, clearing, consideration, evident, evidently, explanation, implicit, manifest, obvious, obviously, plain, selection, sharp, straightforward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szabadalom, kiváltságlevél (charter, letters patent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | paten. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | brevetto (brevet, certificate, Pat., pilot's licence, vocational competence certificate), patentato (certified, licensed, prize, proprietary, registered), brevettato (registered). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 特許 (special permission), パチンコ台 (glassed-over arcade, pachinkomachine, pack, package, package media, package program, package tour, packaging, Packard, packing, pad, paddle, paddling, paddock, Panama, Panamax, Panasert hole, panavision, pap, passage, passenger, passing, passion, passionate, passive, passive smoking, passive solar house, passive sonar, pat, patch, patch test, patchwork, pate, pathos, patio, patriotism, patrol, patrol car, patron, patting, priest, puck, putt, putting, putting green, putty, rotating warning light similar to the one on a "patokaa."). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | パテント , とっきょ (special permission). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 특허. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | paiteeney, paiteenagh, paiteen, foshlit (agape, ajar, blatant, downright; free-spoken, exploded; overt, exposed, extrovert; forthcoming; blank, extrovert; forthcoming; blank as credit, liable, open, open-necked, unfastened). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atentpay privilégio de invenção, patente de invençao (patent specification, patented invention), obstrução (barricade, blocking, clog, cumber, obstacle, obstruction, occlusion, stonewalling, tie up), licença (charter, comission, excuse, furlough, furnace, leave, liberty, licence, license, loose, pass, permit, special permission), invenção patenteada, documento de patentes (patent document, patent specification), carta patente (charter), alvará (charter, franchise code of ethics, order, organization chart, professional franchising rules). (various references) patentat (patented, proprietary), patentã (certificate), patenta, patent (licence, license), privilegiu (advantage, charter, Favor, favour, franchise, freedom, incident, indulgence, licence, prerogative, priority, privilege, right), ingenios (clever, cleverly, cute, daedal, ingenious, inventive, sagacious, skilful, skillful), autentic (authentic, certified, exemplified, genuine, right, true, very), brevet (certificate, chop, commission, licence, license), breveta, certificat (attestation, certificate, record, testimonial, ticket, voucher), deştept (able, active, awake, brainy, bright, canny, clever man, cunning, cute, intelligent, wise man), deschis (above board, artless, avowedly, bald, baldly, barefaced, barely, blunt, broad, direct, downright, flatly, forthright, Frank, frankly, freehearted, free-spoken, guileless, light, naked, open, openly, outright, outspoken, overt, overtly, pale, plainly, raw, round, roundly, sincere, Square, straight, straightforward, unfeigned, unreserved), dovadã (argument, certificate, demonstration, document, eduction, evidence, example, exercise, instance, Mark, proof, seal, sign, token, vestige, witness), accesibil (accessible, affable, approachable, attainable, available, come-at-able, easy of access, get-at-able, moderate, obtainable, open, pervious, reachable), evident (apparent, apparently, broad, clear, conspicuous, evident, explicit, it must be, manifestly, marked, nakedly, obvious, obviously, palpable, patently, plain, prominent, sightly, visible), manifest (clear, evident, leaflet, manifest, manifesto, pamphlet, proclamation), nou (added, another, fresh, maiden, new, new-built, novel, original, up to date), obţine un patent pentru, drept (as, attribution, claim, correct, Dexter, direct, directly, due, end on, endways, equitable, erect, even, evenly, exactly, fair, fairly, for, forthright, honest, just, justice, justly, kind, law, legitimate, permission, plain, point blank, precisely, privilege, real, reasonable, right, right foot, right leg, righteous, Square, stand, stand up, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, unprejudiced, upright). (various references) очевидный (apparent, demonstrable, evidence, evident, indubitable, manifest, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensible, palpable, self evident, self-evident, uncontested, visible). (various references) patentni, patentirati, patent (gadget), očigledan (apparent, clear-cut, evident, manifest, obvious, self evident). (various references) patente (obvious, Pat., self evident). (various references) patent (patents), uppenbar (apparent, clear, distinct, evident, flagrant, manifest, obvious, overt, palpable, plain). (various references) patentli (registered, secured by a patent), patent vermek (register), patent almak (secure by patent), patent (charter, letters patent), tescilli (proprietary, registered), tescil (registration, registry), berat (letters patent), belli (apparent, avowed, broad, broadly, certain, clear, conspicuous, explicit, express, given, known, manifest, noticeable, palpable, particular, perspicuous, precise, precisely, prominent, self evident, shadowless, specific, stated, translucent, unmistakable, upfront, waisted, well-marked), aşikâr (apparent, clear, distinct, evident, evidential, evidentiary, explicit, flagrant, manifest, overt, perspicuous, unconcealed), açık (aboveground, apparent, articulate, avowed, bare, blank, broad, candid, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, confessed, decided, declared, decollete, deficiency, deficient, deficient amount, deficit, definite, definitive, direct, distinct, downright, evident, expansive, explicit, exposed, express, expressly, fair, forthright, free, gaping, hospitable, in blank, light, loose, lucent, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, open air, open ended, outdoor, outright, overt, pale, perspicuous, plain, point blank, precise, raw, revealing, round, serene, shadowless, shirt-sleeve, shortage, shortfall, spread, Square, straightforward, swinging, translucent, unambiguous, unashamed, unclouded, uncomplicated, unconcealed, uncovered, uncrossed, undisguised, unequivocal, unlocked, unmistakable, unobstructed, unprotected, unsealed, upfront, vacant, visible, well-marked, wide open, wishywashy). (various references) gцz-gцrtele (obvious). (various references) явний (apparent, bald-faced, barefaced, blatant, broad, declared, evident, Frank, obvious, ostensible, ostensive, overt, perspicuous, pronounced, unequivocal, visible), відзначатися (sparkle), оригінальний (fresh, nonconformist, offbeat, original, picturesque, quaint, queerish), запатентований, привілей (charter, exemption, franchise, indulgence, perquisite, prerogative, privilege), патентувати, патент (charter, warrant), диплом (credential, diploma). (various references) rõ r nh r nh (aloud, rank), khéo léo (ably, acrobatically, adroit, aptly, artistic, artistical, clever, deft, neat-handed, skilful, workmanlike), hiển nhiên (apodeictic, apodictic, apodictical, apparent, axiomatic, axiomatical, blatant, evident, flagrant, glaring, glaringly, glary, incontrovertible, manifest, naked, notorious, obvious, patently, self-apparent, self-evident, tactile, tangible, visibly, well-marked), giấy môn b i, có bằng sáng chế. (various references) breintiedig (patented). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 16, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Panta ta erga tou tapeinou fanera para tw qew oi de asebeiV en hmera kakh olountai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Omnes viae hominum patent oculis eius spirituum ponderator est Dominus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Alle the weies of man ben opene to the eyen of hym; of spiritis the peisere is the Lord. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 16, Verse 2 |
| Bulgarian | 'сичките пътища на човека са чисти в собствените му очи, Но "оспод претегля духовете. |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang tanang mga dalan sa tawo mahinlo sa iyang kaugalingong mga mata; Apan si Jehova nagatimbang sa mga espiritu. |
| Chinese | 人 一 切 所 行 的 、 在 自 己 眼 中 看 為 清 " ． 惟 有 耶 ' 華 衡 量 人 心 。 |
| Croatian | Èovjeku se svi njegovi putovi èine èisti, a Jahve ispituje duhove. |
| Danish | En Mand holder al sin Færd for ren, men HERREN vejer Ånder. |
| Dutch | Alle wegen des mans zijn zuiver in zijn ogen; maar de HEERE weegt de geesten. |
| Finnish | Kaikki miehen tiet ovat hänen omissa silmissään puhtaat, mutta Herra tutkii henget. |
| French | Toutes les voies de l`homme sont pures ses yeux; Mais celui qui pèse les esprits, c`est l`Éternel. |
| German | Einem jeglichen dünken seine Wege rein; aber der HERR wägt die Geister. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Lèzòm mete nan lide yo tou sa yo fè bon. Men, pa bliye se Bondye k'ap jije sa ki nan kè yo. |
| Hungarian | Minden útai tiszták az embernek a maga szemei elõtt; de a ki a lelkeket vizsgálja, az Úr az! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Setiap perbuatan orang mungkin baik dalam pandangannya sendiri, tapi Tuhanlah yang menilai maksud hatinya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Segala jalan orang tampaklah benar kepada pemandangannya sendiri, tetapi Tuhan juga menimbangkan segala perasaan hati. |
| Italian | Tutte le vie dell'uomo sembrano pure ai suoi occhi, ma chi scruta gli spiriti è il Signore. |
| Korean | 사 람 의 행 위 가 자 기 보 기 에 " 모 두 깨 끗 하 여 도 여 호 와 " 심 을 감 찰 하 시 느 니 라 |
| Maori | ¶ Ko nga ara katoa o te tangata he ma ki ona ake kanohi; ko Ihowa ia ki te pauna i nga wairua. |
| Norwegian | Alle en manns veier er rene i hans egne øine, men Herren veier åndene. |
| Portuguese | Todos os caminhos do homem são limpos aos seus olhos; mas o Senhor pesa os espíritos. |
| Rumanian | Toate cqile omului sknt curate kn ochii lui, dar celce cerceteazq duhurile este Domnul. - |
| Russian | чУЕ ХФЙ ЮЕМПЧЕЛБ ЮЙУФЩ Ч ЕЗП ЗМБЪБИ, ОП зПУ П"Ш ЧЪЧЕЫЙЧБЕФ "ХЫЙ. |
| Spanish | Todo camino del hombre es limpio en su propia opinión, pero Jehovah es el que examina los espíritus. |
| Swedish | Var man tycker sina vägar vara goda, men HERREN är den som prövar andarna. |
| Thai | ทางทั้งสิ้นของมนุษย์ก็สะอา"ในสายตาของเขาเอง แต่พระเยโฮวาห์ทรงชั่งจิตใจ |
| Ukrainian | ¶ 'сі дороги людини чисті в очах її, та зважу" душі "осподь. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "patent": patentabilities, patentability, patentable, patented, patentee, patentees, patenting, patently, patentor, patentors, patents. (additional references) | |
Words containing "patent": unpatentable. (additional references) | |
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"Patent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atent, attent, eatent, epatant, pachent, pagent, paitend, paitent, pajent, pamen, partent, partnet, pashen, Patane, patant, pateint, patend, paternt, patet, Pathet, patint, patiny, patner, Pattani, pattent, paxen, paxten, Petzet, pient, piten, pitent, Potenz, tatent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "patent" (pronounced pa"tunt) |
| 5 | -a" t u n t | combatant, noncombatant. |
| 4 | -t u n t | accountant, adjutant, assistant, blatant, competent, concomitant, consistent, constant, consultant, contestant, decongestant, disinfectant, distant, existent, exorbitant, expectant, extant, exultant, hesitant, important, impotent, inadvertent, incompetent, inconsistent, inhabitant, insistent, instant, intermittent, irritant, latent, militant, mutant, nonexistent, omnipotent, penitent, persistent, pollutant, potent, protestant, reluctant, repentant, resistant, resultant, surfactant, unimportant, unrepentant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consonant, constituent, containment, contaminant, contentment, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insolent, insolvent, installment, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, nascent, negligent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, pennant, percipient, permanent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, postponement, postretirement, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unpleasant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: patten. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-n-p-t-t" | |
-1 letter: paten. | |
-2 letters: ante, etna, nape, neap, neat, nett, pane, pant, pate, pean, peat, pent, tape, tate, teat, tent, tepa. | |
-3 letters: ane, ant, ape, apt, ate, att, eat, eta, nae, nap, net, pan, pat, pea, pen, pet, tae, tan, tap, tat, tea, ten, tet. | |
-4 letters: ae, an, at, en, et, na, ne, pa, pe, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-n-p-t-t" | |
+1 letter: patents, patient, pattens, pattern, reptant. | |
+2 letters: antepast, antetype, antitype, appetent, pancetta, patented, patentee, patently, patentor, patients, patinate, patterns, patulent, petulant, pittance, plantlet, punctate, tinplate, transept, trapnest, triptane. | |
+3 letters: acceptant, antepasts, antetypes, antitypes, apartment, crepitant, expectant, impatient, inpatient, paintiest, pancettas, panettone, panettoni, pantalets, pantheist, patentees, patenting, patentors, paternity, patienter, patiently, patinated, patinates, pattering, patterned, pectinate, penetrant, penetrate, pittances, plaintext, plantlets, potentate, potential, protonate, punctuate, repattern, repentant, tinplates, transepts, trapnests, trepidant, triptanes. | |
+4 letters: antepenult, anticipate, antilepton, antipoetic, antiseptic, apartments, attempting, constipate, department, deputation, entrapment, expectants, impartment, inaptitude, inpatients, interparty, interplant, intraplate, nonseptate, outpainted, outpatient, palatinate, panettones, pantheists, pantsuited, pargetting, parturient, patentable, patientest, patterning, penetrants, penetrated, penetrates, pentameter, pentathlon, pentatonic, petulantly, plaintexts, planchette, poinsettia, portamenti, portamento, potentates, potentials, potentiate, potentilla, precontact, pretasting, protectant, protestant, protonated, protonates, psittacine, punctuated, punctuates, repatterns, reputation, spattering, spectating, stepparent, sweatpants, temptation, terneplate, thiopental, transeptal, trapnested, tripinnate, tryptamine, tympanites, wentletrap. | |
+5 letters: acceptation, antenuptial, antepenults, anticipated, anticipates, antileptons, antipathies, antipoverty, antipyretic, antiseptics, antistrophe, apartmental, appointment, appurtenant, attempering, centripetal, compartment, constipated, constipates, contemplate, counterpart, crepitating, crepitation, departments, deportation, deputations, enteropathy, entrapments, expatiating, expatiation, expectantly, expectation, expectorant, exportation, extirpating, extirpation, impartments, impatiently, impetrating, impetration, importunate, inaptitudes, intemperate, interplants, interpolate, kinetoplast, orthopteran, outpatients, pacesetting, palatinates, pantalettes, pantheistic, parenthetic, partitioned, partitioner, parturients, paternalist, paternities, paternoster, patternings, patternless, pectination, penetrating, penetration, penetrative, penitential, pentameters, pentathlete, pentathlons, pentavalent, pentlandite, penultimate, permutation, pertinacity, petitionary, planchettes, pleasantest, poinsettias, pontificate, portamentos, portmanteau, potentially, potentiated, potentiates, potentiator, potentillas, precipitant, pretreating, protectants, protestants, protonemata, protoplanet, protuberant, psittacines, repartition, repatterned, repentantly, reputations, retinopathy, snapshotted, spaghettini, splattering, spontaneity, standpatter, stephanotis, stepparents, supernatant, tapestrying, temperament, temptations, terneplates, thiopentals, transparent, transported, transportee, transporter, trapnesting, trepanation, trepidation, treponemata, tryptamines, tryptophane, typecasting, unrepentant, wentletraps. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 74 65 6E 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- - . -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110100 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a t e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0074 0065 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)506786718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Bible Trace | 17. Abbreviations 18. Acronyms 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Orthography 23. Bibliography |
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