Patent



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 显而易见的; n.专利权 ( 证书)
• ［英］ adj. 显而易见的 ( readily visible; obvious) ;
• ［记］ pat ( 公开) ＋ent -> 公开的 -> 显然的;
• ［同］ 参考: patency ( 明显)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin patent-, patens, from present participle of patēre to be open — more at fathom
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. open to public inspection — used chiefly in the phrase letters patent
  • b.
    • (1) secured by letters patent or by a patent to the exclusive control and possession of a particular individual or party
    • (2) protected by a patent ; made under a patent <patent locks>
  • c. protected by a trademark or a brand name so as to establish proprietary rights analogous to those conveyed by letters patent or a patent ; proprietary <patent drugs>
• 2. of, relating to, or concerned with the granting of patents especially for inventions <a patent lawyer>
• 3. making exclusive or proprietary claims or pretensions
• 4. affording free passage ; unobstructed <a patent opening>
• 5. patulous, spreading <a patent calyx>
• 6. archaic accessible, exposed
• 7. readily visible or intelligible ; obvious
• Synonyms: see evident
• ? patently adverb

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1. an official document conferring a right or privilege ; letters patent
• 2.
  • a. a writing securing for a term of years the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention
  • b. the monopoly or right so granted
  • c. a patented invention
• 3. privilege, license
• 4. an instrument making a conveyance of public lands; also the land so conveyed
• 5. patent leather

III. transitive verb

• Date: 1675
• 1. to obtain or grant a patent right to
• 2. to grant a privilege, right, or license to by patent
• 3. to obtain or secure by patent; especially to secure by letters patent exclusive right to make, use, or sell
• ? patentability noun
• ? patentable adjective

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