patent

[1]	certificate of invention , patent of invention , letters patent , trade name , trade mark , copyright , (US) service mark , licence , permit , charter , franchise , grant , control
[2]	letters patent

adj.

[1]	obvious , clear , transparent , manifest , apparent , plain , evident , self-evident , unmistakable/unmistakeable , unequivocal , explicit , palpable , tangible , physical , conspicuous , flagrant , blatant , prominent
[2]	apparent , evident , manifest , plain , unmistakable