patent

patente

Derecho oficial a controlar durante cierto tiempo quién fabrica, utiliza o vende una invención.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: patent on something (She holds a patent on a new water filter.); patent for something (They applied for a patent for their invention.)

Expresiones frecuentes: patent on something, apply for a patent, hold a patent, grant a patent

patentar

Obtener el derecho oficial a controlar quién fabrica, utiliza o vende una invención.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Expresiones frecuentes: patent an invention, patent a design, patent a process

evidente, patente

Tan claro que cualquiera puede verlo o entenderlo fácilmente.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: obvious, clear, evident

Expresiones frecuentes: patent nonsense, patent lie, patent absurdity

permeable, abierto

Abierto y capaz de dejar pasar aire o líquido, especialmente en un conducto del cuerpo.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: open, unobstructed

Antónimos: blocked

Expresiones frecuentes: patent ductus arteriosus, patent airway, patent artery