patent
patent 英 [ˈpætnt] 美 [ˈpætnt]
adj. 专利的 n. 专利
进行时:patenting 过去式:patented 过去分词:patented 第三人称单数:patents 名词复数:patents
- A patent is a government document that proves that an invention is yours and yours alone. In the U.S., as of 2009, over 7,000,000 patents were issued by the Patent and Trademark Office.
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- adj. 专利的
- n. 专利
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1. to apply for a patent on an invention
申请发明专利权
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2. The device was protected by patent.
这一装置受专利保护。
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3. patent applications, patent laws
专利申请；专利法
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4. the US Patent Office
美国专利局
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5. patent medicines
专利药品
- patent (adj.) late 14c., in letters patent, literally "open letter," from Old French patente "open," from Latin patentem (nominative patens) "open, lying open," present participle of patere "lie open, be open" (from PIE root *pete- "to spread"). Sense of "open to view, plain, clear" is first recorded c. 1500. Related: Patently.
- patent (n.) late 14c., "open letter or document from some authority," shortened form of Anglo-French lettre patent (also in Medieval Latin (litteræ) patentes), literally "open letter" (late 13c.), from Old French patente "open," from Latin patentem (nominative patens) "open, lying open," present participle of patere "lie open, be open" (from PIE root *pete- "to spread").
- patent (v.) "to obtain right to land," 1670s, from patent (n.). The meaning "copyright an invention" is first recorded 1822, from earlier meaning "obtain exclusive right or monopoly" (1789), a privilege granted by the Crown via letters patent. Related: Patented; patenting.
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