1. C 专利，专利权　right given by government to an inventor
2. C 专利品　invention that is protected by patents

　The patent runs out in three years' time.　这项专利期限为三年。
　He owned several patents.　他拥有几项专利发明。

1. 专利的，特评的　given or protected by a patent
2. 公开的，明显的　obvious; clear

　Try some of this new patent medicine.　试试这一种新的专利药品吧。
　It is patent to all that this is a good chance.　大家都明白这是一个好机会。

　vt.　获得…专利，给予…专利权obtain a patent for

　If you don't patent you invention, someone might steal the idea.　如果你不为你的发明取得专利权，会有人剽窃其构思的。

　［派生词］ patentable adj.可给予专利权的‖patently adv.显然地，一清二楚地‖patentor n.专利权的授予者