英语翻译DefinitionThe term patent usually refers to a right granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process,machine,article of manufacture,or composition of matter,or any new and useful improvement thereof.The additional qua

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Definition
The term patent usually refers to a right granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process,machine,article of manufacture,or composition of matter,or any new and useful improvement thereof.The additional qualification utility patents is used in the United States to distinguish them from other types of patents but should not be confused with utility models granted by other countries.Examples of particular species of patents for inventions include biological patents,business method patents,chemical patents and software patents.
Some other types of intellectual property rights are referred to as patents in some jurisdictions:industrial design rights are called design patents in some jurisdictions (they protect the visual design of objects that are not purely utilitarian),plant breeders' rights are sometimes called plant patents,and utility models or Gebrauchsmuster are sometimes called petty patents or innovation patents.This article relates primarily to the patent for an invention,although so-called petty patents and utility models may also be granted for inventions.
Certain grants made by the monarch in pursuance of the royal prerogative were sometimes called letters patent,which was a government notice to the public of a grant of an exclusive right to ownership and possession.These were often grants of a patent-like monopoly and predate the modern British origins of the patent system.For other uses of the term patent see Land patents,which were land grants by early state governments in the USA.This reflects the original meaning of letters patent that had a broader scope than current usage.
Etymology
The word patent originates from the Latin patere,which means "to lay open" (i.e.,to make available for public inspection),and more directly as a shortened version of the term letters patent,which originally denoted an open for public reading royal decree granting exclusive rights to a person.
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定义
这个词通常是指专利的权利授予任何人谁发明或发现任何新的和有用的过程中,机器,文章的制造,或合成物,或任何新的和有用的改进情况.额外的资格专利是在美国使用以区别于其他类型的专利,但不应该混淆与实用新型授予的其他国家.例子有特定物种的发明专利包括生物专利,商业方法专利,化学专利和软件专利.
一些其他类型的知识产权,被称为专利在某些司法管辖区：工业设计权被称为设计专利在某些司法管辖区（保护他们的可视化设计的对象,并非纯粹功利） ,植物育种者的权利有时也叫植物专利和实用新型或者Gebrauchsmuster有时所谓小专利或创新专利.本文主要涉及专利,一项发明,但所谓小专利和实用新型也可授予的发明.
一些补助金所作的君主根据皇家特权,有时所谓的英皇制诰,这是一项政府公告向公众给予的专属权利所有权和占有权.这些往往被授予一项专利样垄断和英国早在现代起源的专利制度.作其他用途的短期专利见土地专利,这是土地赠款年初州政府在美国.这反映了本义英皇制诰了更广泛的范围比目前的使用.
词源
专利一词源于拉丁文patere ,这意味着“奠定开放” （即,使供公众查阅） ,并更直接地为缩短任期英皇制诰,最初被命名为一个开放,供市民阅读敕令授予独家经营权的人.
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