单词 | patent |
释义 | patent/ˈpat(ə)nt / /ˈpeɪt(ə)nt /noun A government authority or licence conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention: he took out a patent for an improved steam hammer...
Synonyms copyright, licence, legal protection, right, performing right, permit, privilege, charter, franchise, registered trademark adjective 1ˈpeɪt(ə)nt Easily recognizable; obvious: she was smiling with patent insincerity...
Synonyms obvious, clear, plain, evident, apparent, manifest, self-evident; distinct, definite, transparent, overt, discernible, visible, conspicuous, blatant, downright, barefaced, flagrant, palpable, glaring, glaringly obvious, undisguised, unconcealed, unmistakable, unequivocal, unquestionable, undeniable 2 Medicine (Of a vessel, duct, or aperture) open and unobstructed; failing to close: the patient is usually left with a patent vessel...
2.1(Of a parasitic infection) showing detectable parasites in the tissues or faeces: there are a few recorded cases of patent infection in man 3Made and marketed under a patent; proprietary: patent milk powder...
Synonyms proprietary, patented, licensed, protected, branded, brand-name, own-brand, own-label, designer-label verb [with object] Obtain a patent for (an invention): an invention is not your own until it is patented...
Derivativespatentability
patentable
patentor
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patent- 'lying open', from the verb patere. The noun sense is from letters patent.
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