Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun patent_office

1 sense of patent office

Sense 1
Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office -- (the government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new ones)
       => agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority -- (an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority")