n.[C]

1. 專利；專利權
   Did you take out a patent on your design?

   你是否取得一項設計的專利？

2. 專利證書；專利品
   The first English patent for a typewriter was issued in 1714.

   英國第一臺打字機專利證書是一七一四年頒發的。

3. 獨享的權利；特權
4. 【美】公有土地的轉讓；公有土地轉讓證書
5. 特徵
   a patent of intellectuality

   知識分子的特徵

a.

1. 專利的；獲得專利的；有專利權的[B]
   Try some of this new patent medicine.

   試試這種新的專利藥物吧。

2. 公開的；顯然的；明白的
   It was a patent impossibility.

   這顯然是不可能。

3. 【口】獨創的；別出心裁的[B]

vt.

1. 給予……專利權；取得……的專利權
   The scientist patented her invention.

   這位科學家得到她的發明的專利權。

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).