- Inventor’s right - It’s obvious that the patient had lost an eye - Obvious - Register (invention) - Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest;
public; conspicuous. - Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring
some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under
3d Letter. - Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by
official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal
of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent
medicines.