Obvious; government licence (6)

I believe the answer is:

patent

(Other definitions for patent that I've seen before include "Registration of invention or trade-name" , "Document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention" , "Copyright" , "This leather has a glossy varnished surface" , "It protects an invention" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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