A grant to an individual by letters patent of a higher social or professional position than the precedence to which their ordinary rank entitles them.

A newspaper like a patent outside but printed only on the inside.

plural of patent inside

plural of patent outside

A newspaper printed only on the outside, sold to a publisher who fills the other side with local news or other material.

(patent law, informal, derogatory) The practice of owning and enforcing patents in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of marketing or promoting the subjects of the patents

Fuel, usually in the form of briquettes, made from fine, crushed coal with the addition of a binding agent.

(historical) A constitution of the Austrian Empire promulgated in the form of letters patent on February 26, 1861.

plural of patent fuel

plural of Chinese patent medicine