n.[C]

1. 专利；专利权
   Did you take out a patent on your design?

   你是否取得一项设计的专利？

2. 专利证书；专利品
   The first English patent for a typewriter was issued in 1714.

   英国第一台打字机专利证书是一七一四年颁发的。

3. 独享的权利；特权
4. 【美】公有土地的转让；公有土地转让证书
5. 特征
   a patent of intellectuality

   知识分子的特征

a.

1. 专利的；获得专利的；有专利权的[B]
   Try some of this new patent medicine.

   试试这种新的专利药物吧。

2. 公开的；显然的；明白的
   It was a patent impossibility.

   这显然是不可能。

3. 【口】独创的；别出心裁的[B]

vt.

1. 给予……专利权；取得……的专利权
   The scientist patented her invention.

   这位科学家得到她的发明的专利权。

n.

a government licence to an individual or body conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to make, use, or sell an invention.

adj.

/ˈpeɪt(ə)nt/

1. easily recognizable; obvious.
2. made and marketed under a patent.
3. Medicine  (of a duct or aperture) open and unobstructed.
   ▸(of a parasitic infection) showing detectable parasites in the tissues or faeces.

v.

obtain a patent for (an invention).