Patent: English: ?p?tnt, ?pe?tnt, United States: ?p?tnt, ?pe?tnt.

n. Patent; patent certificate. adj. Easily identifiable, clear, obvious, open, unclosed, licensed for production and sale, patented, obvious, significant. v. Obtain a patent.

Phrasal collocations:

1. patent leather.

Patent leather; patent leather.

2. patent right.

Patent right.

3. patent office.

Patent office.

4. patent medicine.

Patent medicine; specialty medicine; over-the-counter medicine.

5. Letters patent.

Patent license.

6. patent log.

Towed speedometer.

7. patent still.

Steam distillation method.

8. patent application.

Patent application; patent application; patent application.

9. patent law.

Patent law; patent law; patent law.

Bilingual examples:

1. One of the collaborators has agreed to waive its?patent?rights to the cowpea gene.

One of the collaborators has agreed to waive its?patent?rights to the cowpea gene.

One of the collaborators has agreed to waive its patent rights to the cowpea gene. Agree to give up the patent rights on this cowpea gene.

2. She was smiling with?patent?insincerity.

Her smile was obviously hypocritical.

3. Beyond the time limit, patent rights will lose their efficiency.

Exceeding the time limit, patent rights will expire.

4. The trademark is registered with the Patent Office.

This trademark has been registered with the Patent Office.

5. It just seems wrong to try and?patent?the freedom for underwater flight.

Applying for a patent does not seem to be the right thing to do for the freedom of underwater flight. .