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单词 patent
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patent

noun
 
/ˈpætnt/, /ˈpeɪtnt/
/ˈpætnt/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. an official right to be the only person to make, use or sell a product or an invention; a document that proves this
    • patent on something to apply for/obtain/take out a patent on an invention
    • by patent The device was protected by patent.
    • patent applications/laws
    • the US Patent Office
    Extra Examples
    • Edison took out a patent on the light bulb.
    • In 1843 Bain filed a patent for his fax machine.
    • In 1995 he was granted a patent for his invention.
    • The item is Patent Pending No. 11092001.
    • a leading authority on patent law
    Topics Businessc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + patent
    • apply for
    • file
    • get
    • …
    patent + verb
    • expire
    • cover
    • protect
    • …
    patent + noun
    • application
    • protection
    • law
    • …
    preposition
    • patent for
    • patent on
    phrases
    • patent pending
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patent- ‘lying open’, from the verb patere. The noun sense is from letters patent.

patent

adjective
/ˈpeɪtnt/
/ˈpeɪtnt/, /ˈpætnt/
[only before noun]
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  1. (of a product) made or sold by a particular company
    • patent medicines
  2. (formal) used to emphasize that something bad is very clear and obvious synonym blatant
    • It was a patent lie.
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patent- ‘lying open’, from the verb patere. The noun sense is from letters patent.

patent

verb
/ˈpætnt/, /ˈpeɪtnt/
/ˈpætnt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they patent
/ˈpætnt/, /ˈpeɪtnt/
/ˈpætnt/
he / she / it patents
/ˈpætnts/, /ˈpeɪtnts/
/ˈpætnts/
past simple patented
/ˈpætntɪd/, /ˈpeɪtntɪd/
/ˈpætntɪd/
past participle patented
/ˈpætntɪd/, /ˈpeɪtntɪd/
/ˈpætntɪd/
-ing form patenting
/ˈpætntɪŋ/, /ˈpeɪtntɪŋ/
/ˈpætntɪŋ/
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  1. patent something to obtain a patent for an invention or a process
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patent- ‘lying open’, from the verb patere. The noun sense is from letters patent.
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