patent
41patent — The grant of an exclusive right to exploit an invention. In the UK patents are granted by the Crown through the Patent Office, which is part of the Department of Trade and Industry. An applicant for a patent (usually from the inventor or the… …
42patent — / peɪtəntˌ pætənt/ noun an official document showing that a person has the exclusive right to make and sell an invention ● to take out a patent for a new type of light bulb ● to apply for a patent for a new invention ♦ ‘patent applied for’ or… …
43patent — / peɪtəntˌ pætənt/ noun an official document showing that a person has the exclusive right to make and sell an invention ● to take out a patent for a new type of light bulb ● to apply for a patent for a new invention ♦ ‘patent applied for’,… …
44patent — I UK [ˈpeɪt(ə)nt] / UK [ˈpæt(ə)nt] / US noun [countable] Word forms patent : singular patent plural patents * a) an official document that gives someone who has invented something the legal right to make or sell that invention for a particular… …
45patent — 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.… …
46patènt — ênta m (ȅ é) 1. z zakonom zaščitena izključna pravica gospodarskega izkoriščanja novega izuma za določeno dobo: dobiti patent za nov stroj; zaščititi izum s patentom; zakon o patentih ♦ jur. prodati patent prenesti patent in patentne pravice s… …
47patent — 01. Book matches were [patented] by an American inventor in 1892. 02. Pharmaceutical companies are calling on the government to protect their [patent] on prescription drugs for a minimum of 10 years. 03. The man who invented the artificial heart… …
48patent — pa|tent1 [ˈpeıtnt, ˈpæ US ˈpæ ] n [U and C] a special document that gives you the right to make or sell a new ↑invention or product that no one else is allowed to copy patent on/for ▪ He applied for a patent for a new method of removing paint. ▪… …
49patent — pat|ent1 [ pætnt ] noun count * an official document that gives someone who has invented something the legal right to make or sell that invention for a particular period of time, and prevents anyone else from doing so: In 1878, Edison received a… …
50patent — pat•ent [[t]ˈpæt nt[/t]] for 10,12 15 [[t]ˈpeɪt [/t]] esp. brit. [[t]ˈpeɪt [/t]] n. adj. v. ent•ed, ent•ing. n. 1) law the exclusive right granted to an inventor to manufacture or sell an invention for a specified number of years 2) law an… …
