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You use patent to describe something, especially something bad, in order to indicate in an emphatic way that you think its nature or existence is clear and obvious. [ emphasis ] patently adverb
- American
It has become patently obvious that this may not be the...
- French Translation of “Patently Obvious
French Translation of “PATENTLY OBVIOUS” | The official...
- Patentor
A person who or official body that grants a patent or...
- American
Nov 21, 2015 · As such if something were 'patently obvious', it is a particular type of obvious that would not overcome the 'obvious test' used by Patent examiners in assessing an invention. In other words something that is patently obvious is something that is very much within sight given everything else around.
Apr 10, 2019 · To emphasize that a situation or someone’s feelings are extremely obvious, you might say it is blindingly or glaringly obvious: He wasn’t happy here. That was glaringly obvious.
Nov 18, 2010 · “Patently obvious” comes from patent law. A patent may only be granted for an invention which is both novel and inventive. Inventive means there must be something about the invention which makes it non-obvious over the prior art – i.e. over what has been known to date.
- Maeve Maddox
Apr 2, 2007 · Under 35 U.S.C. § 103, a patent claim is obvious when the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art "are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art."
It might be patently obvious to you that your roommate forgot to take out the trash, or patently absurd that your brother thinks he will have a long, successful career as a street magician and fire juggler.
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uk / ˈpeɪ.t ə nt.li / us / ˈpæ.t ə nt.li / Add to word list. in a way that is clear: She was patently lying. It's patently obvious that he doesn't care. Synonyms. clearly (CERTAIN) manifestly formal. obviously. plainly. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Apparent and obvious. (from) under your nose idiom. apparent.
