patent

brevet

Droit officiel de contrôler pendant une durée déterminée qui fabrique, utilise ou vend une invention.

En anglais simple : An official right to control who makes, uses, or sells your invention for a set time.

• She applied for a patent.
• The company holds several patents on medical devices.
• When does the patent expire?

Comment l'utiliser : patent on something (She holds a patent on a new water filter.); patent for something (They applied for a patent for their invention.)

Expressions courantes : patent on something, apply for a patent, hold a patent, grant a patent

breveter

Obtenir le droit officiel de contrôler qui fabrique, utilise ou vend une invention.

En anglais simple : To obtain the official right to control who makes, uses, or sells an invention.

• They plan to patent the device.
• She patented a new way to clean water.
• Can you patent this design?

Expressions courantes : patent an invention, patent a design, patent a process

évident, manifeste

Si clair que chacun peut facilement le voir ou le comprendre.

En anglais simple : So clear that anyone can easily see or understand it.

• That is patent nonsense.
• His excuse was a patent lie.
• The patent unfairness of the decision angered everyone.

Synonymes : obvious, clear, evident

Expressions courantes : patent nonsense, patent lie, patent absurdity

perméable, ouvert

Ouvert et laissant passer l’air ou les liquides, notamment dans un conduit du corps.

En anglais simple : Open and allowing air or liquid to pass through, especially in a part of the body.

• The airway remained patent.
• Tests showed that the artery was patent.
• The baby needed treatment for a patent ductus arteriosus.

Synonymes : open, unobstructed

Contraires : blocked

Expressions courantes : patent ductus arteriosus, patent airway, patent artery