patent adj (obvious) évident, manifeste, flagrant, patent adj : I know you weren't at school today, because I saw you in the shops, so stop telling such patent lies! Je sais que tu n'étais pas à l'école aujourd'hui, je t'ai vu dans les magasins, arrête de mentir de façon aussi flagrante !
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A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention. Patents benefit inventors by providing them with legal protection of their inventions. However, patents also benefit the society by providing public access to technical information about these inventions, and thus accelerating innovation.
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PATENT definition: 1. the official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular number of years: 2…. Learn more.
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Basics. What is a patent? What rights does a patent provide? What kinds of inventions can be protected? How long does patent protection last? Is a patent valid in every country? How are patent rights enforced? What does it mean to “license a patent” and why is it done?
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to get the legal right to be the only person or company to make or sell a product for a particular number of years: patent a device/process The company has designed and patented a device which it claims will sharply reduce pollution emissions from older cars.
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Key Takeaways. A patent is the granting of a property right by a sovereign authority to an inventor. A patent provides the inventor exclusive rights to the patented process,...
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FRANÇAIS. ANGLAIS. [ (UK) ˈpeɪtənt, (US) ˈpætənt] noun. [on invention] brevet m. to take out a patent on something prendre un brevet sur quelque chose, faire breveter quelque chose. ‘patent pending’ demande de brevet déposée. → patent leather. (US) [on land] concession f.
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What are patents and what do they protect? Patents protect technical inventions, for example a product, a process or an apparatus, in all fields of technology. For an invention to qualify for patent protection, it must be novel, involve an inventive step and be industrially applicable.
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the official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular number of years: In 1880 Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent on an apparatus for signalling and communicating called a Photophone. The company took out/ filed a patent on a genetically engineered tomato.
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