patent

• Relatif à un titre ou à une licence délivrée par l'État, conférant un droit ou un monopole pour une durée déterminée, en particulier le droit exclusif d'empêcher d'autres de fabriquer, d'utiliser ou de vendre une invention.

Relating to a government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.

1. Obvious or evidentC1formal

   Easily recognizable or clear; not hidden.

   évident

   • It was a patent lie that everyone saw through.
   • The error in the report was patent to the reviewer.
   • His patent disregard for the rules angered the committee.

   Synonymesapparentclearevidentmanifestobviousplainunmistakable

   Antonymesconcealedhiddenindistinctobscureunclearvague

2. Protected by a patentB2formal

   Relating to or protected by a legal patent.

   breveté

   • The company holds a patent right for the new technology.
   • This is a patent medicine that cannot be copied.
   • The patent process took several years to complete.

   Synonymespatentedproprietary

• Nom désignant un titre de propriété industrielle délivré par l'État, qui confère à son titulaire un droit exclusif d'exploitation d'une invention pour une durée limitée, interdisant à autrui de fabriquer, d'utiliser ou de vendre l'invention sans autorisation. Il peut aussi désigner, par extension, un privilège ou une autorisation officielle.

A noun referring to a form of intellectual property that grants exclusive rights to an inventor for a limited period, preventing others from making, using, or selling the invention without permission.

1. Intellectual property rightB2formallegal

   A government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.

   brevet (de propriété intellectuelle)

   • The company filed a patent for its new battery technology.
   • He holds several patents for his inventions.
   • The patent protects the design for twenty years.

2. B2formallegal

   The official document itself that grants such a right.

   brevet (document officiel)

   • The inventor received the patent in the mail.
   • She carefully read the claims in the patent.
   • The patent was published in the official journal.

   Synonymesletters patent

• Verbe signifiant obtenir un brevet pour une invention ou protéger quelque chose par un brevet, conférant des droits exclusifs.

A verb meaning to obtain a patent for an invention or to secure exclusive rights to something.

1. B2formal

   To obtain a patent for an invention, giving the inventor exclusive rights to make, use, or sell it.

   breveter

   • The company patented their new drug formula.
   • He patented the design for his innovative tool.
   • They are trying to patent the software algorithm.