patent

• 指与政府机构或特许权相关的，授予一定期限内某项权利或资格的，尤指禁止他人制造、使用或销售某项发明的专有权利。

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.

   明显的

   • 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.

   同义词apparentclearevidentmanifestobviousplainunmistakable

   反义词concealedhiddenindistinctobscureunclearvague

2. Protected by a patentB2formal

   Relating to or protected by a legal patent.

   已获专利的

   • 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.

   同义词patentedproprietary

• 名词，指一种知识产权形式，授予发明人在有限期限内对其发明的独占权，禁止他人在未经许可的情况下制造、使用或销售该发明。也可指证明这种权利的官方文件。

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.

   专利

   • 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.

   文件

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

   同义词letters patent

• 动词，指为发明或创作申请并获得专利，从而取得或确立对其的专有权利。

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.

   申请专利

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