Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - patent
Patent
patent
n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a government authority to an individual or organization conferring a right or title, esp. the sole right to make or use or sell some invention. 2 a document granting this authority. 3 an invention or process protected by it. --adj. 1 obvious, plain. 2 conferred or protected by patent. 3 a made and marketed under a patent; proprietary. b to which one has a proprietary claim. 4 such as might be patented; ingenious, well-contrived. 5 (of an opening etc.) allowing free passage. --v.tr. obtain a patent for (an invention). Phrases and idioms letters patent an open document from a sovereign or government conferring a patent or other right. patent leather leather with a glossy varnished surface. patent medicine medicine made and marketed under a patent and available without prescription. patent office an office from which patents are issued. Patent Roll (in the UK) a list of patents issued in a year. Derivatives patency n. patentable adj. patently adv. (in sense 1 of adj.). Etymology: ME f. OF patent and L patere lie open
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I. adjective see: fathom Date: 14th century 1. open to public inspection, b. secured by letters ~ or by a ~ to the exclusive control and possession of a particular individual or party, protected by a ~ ; made under a ~ , protected by a trademark or a brand name so as to establish proprietary rights analogous to those conveyed by letters ~ or a ~ ; proprietary , of, relating to, or concerned with the granting of ~s especially for inventions , making exclusive or proprietary claims or pretensions, affording free passage ; unobstructed , patulous, spreading , accessible, exposed, readily visible or intelligible ; obvious, see: evident ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 14th century an official document conferring a right or privilege ; letters ~, 2. a writing securing for a term of years the exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention, the monopoly or right so granted, a ~ed invention, privilege, license, an instrument making a conveyance of public lands, ~ leather, III. transitive verb Date: 1675 to obtain or grant a ~ right to, to grant a privilege, right, or license to by ~, to obtain or secure by ~, ~ability noun ~able adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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