Patent
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Open, unobstructed, expanded. Explicit and obvious.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter patent. A specific grant of ownership of a piece of property; a land patent. Patent leather: a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for shoes and accessories.
Example sentence: If we collectively set our minds to improving technology of a particular type we can do that, and it takes some collective action, some support for research, or some provision of patent protection, or a mixture of the two, and some focussed energy.
Evident
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: obviously true by simple observation
Example sentence: The virtual choir would never replace live music or a real choir, but the same sort of focus and intent and esprit de corps is evident in both, and at the end of the day it seems to me a genuine artistic expression.