an official right to be the only person to make, use or sell a product or an invention; a document that proves this 专利;专利证书 - patent on something
to apply for/obtain/take out a patent on an invention 申请/获得/获得发明专利 - by patent
The device was protected by patent. 这一装置受专利保护。 patent applications/laws 专利申请;专利法 the US Patent Office 美国专利局
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessc1Edison took out a patent on the light bulb. 爱迪生取得了灯泡的专利。 In 1843 Bain filed a patent for his fax machine. 贝恩于 1843 年为他的传真机提交了专利申请。 In 1995 he was granted a patent for his invention. 1995 年他的发明获得了专利。 The item is Patent Pending No. 11092001. 这样东西的专利审批号为 11092001。 a leading authority on patent law 专利法方面的主要权威人士
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + patent- apply for
- file
- get
- …
- expire
- cover
- protect
- …
- application
- protection
- law
- …
- patent for
- patent on
- patent pending
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patent- ‘lying open’, from the verb patere. The noun sense is from letters patent.- patent on something