He obtained Monsanto's patented seeds by illegal means.
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Monsanto has the right to recover the costs of its patented seeds
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In his lifetime, Hutton patented 244 inventions.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
专利权
A patent is an official right to be the only person or company allowed to make or sell a new product for a certain period of time.
例句
P&G applied for a patent on its cookies...宝洁公司为它的饼干申请专利权。He held a number of patents for his many innovations...他拥有多项发明的专利权。
VERB
得到…的专利权
If you patent something, you obtain a patent for it.
例句
He patented the idea that the atom could be split...他获得了“原子可以再分”这一概念的专利权。The invention has been patented by the university.那项发明已被那所大学申请了专利。
ADJ-GRADED
（尤指坏事物）明显的，显而易见的
You use patent to describe something, especially something bad, in order to indicate in an emphatic way that you think its nature or existence is clear and obvious.
例句
This was patent nonsense.这明显是胡说八道。...a patent lie.赤裸裸的谎言
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. (of devices and processes) protected by patent;