{
    "term": "patent",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an official right to be the only person to make, use or sell a product or an invention; a document that proves this",
            "sensetop": "patent on somethingby patent",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to apply for/obtain/take out a patent on an invention",
                    "contextForm": "patent on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The device was protected by patent.",
                    "contextForm": "by patent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "patent applications/laws"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the US Patent Office"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Edison took out a patent on the light bulb."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In 1843 Bain filed a patent for his fax machine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In 1995 he was granted a patent for his invention."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The item is Patent Pending No. 11092001."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a leading authority on patent law"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + patent": ["apply for", "file", "get"],
                "patent + verb": ["expire", "cover", "protect"],
                "patent + noun": ["application", "protection", "law"],
                "preposition": ["patent for", "patent on"],
                "phrases": ["patent pending"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpætnt//ˈpeɪtnt/",
                "audio": "pa/patent/patent__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpætnt/",
                "audio": "pa/patent/patent__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patent- ‘lying open’, from the verb patere. The noun sense is from letters patent."
}