Patent (disambiguation)

A patent is a set of rights granted by a government to an inventor.

Patent may also refer to:
 * Letters patent, a type of legal instrument issued by a monarch or president
 * Land patent, a land grant, such as in a patented mining claim
 * Patent leather, a shiny form of leather
 * Patent medicine, a medical compound of questionable effectiveness
 * Patent bet, in the UK, a type of wager
 * A botanical term