Patent (disambiguation)
A patent ( mlat. littera patens, open letter ' ) is an open sent, sealed deed to confer rights on private, both to individuals and to groups:
- Right of temporary sole use their own technical inventions, see Patent
- Certification as officer, see officer's
- Qualified to serve as navigator or marine engineer ( Seepatent )
- Bestallung as a civil servant, for example, proficiency certificate to teach at primary schools in some German -speaking cantons ( teaching certificate )
- Cantonal license to practice as a lawyer, see Advocacy in Switzerland
- Legal government of a
- Elevation to the peerage (nobility Patent ), see ennoblement and nobility
- In the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation ( Empire ) a right conferred by the Emperor privilege, for example, the Constitution of the Golden Bull of the Electorate
- Empire of Austria in an imperial or royal law (tolerance patent of 1781, the Protestants of 1861, February of 1861, New Year's patent)
A patent is also
- A particular stitch in knitting (patent pattern: full and half patent)
- A type of heat treatment
As an adjective, means patent
- Admirably efficient, practical, wise in the mastery of everyday life
See also:
- Patent law
- Disambiguation