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English

1. patent
2. patent; sometimes also refers to trademarks (albeit legally they are different concepts)
3. sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people
4. refers generally to an exclusive legal right to operate a particular business
5. monopoly
6. even more generally referring something exclusive to an individual or a class of things

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 一種畀發明家保護自己權益嘅權利，等人哋要經佢授權先可以使用嗰項發明；同版權唔同嘅係，專利權需要主動登記申請。（量詞：個）
2. 泛指法律上專有嘅經營權
3. 淨係某啲人或事所關連嘅嘢

Examples

• 專利權

  patent right

• 申請專利

  to apply for a patent ----

• 專利巴士

  franchised buses ----

• 文字唔係士大夫專利。

  Language is not only for the educated upper classes.

• 婚外情唔係男人嘅專利，女人一樣會。

  Engaging in extra-marital affairs is not something only men do. Women do it as well.

• 一串演算法嘅專利屬於邊個喺法律上係一個問題。

  Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

• 每個國家地區嘅政府喺呢方面都係獨立嘅，所以如果想要喺每個國家地區都享有專利，發明者就要逐個逐個國家地區申請。

  Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

• 英特尔公司由那个发明取得着巨大的专利权收入

  Intel gets a huge royalty from the invention.

  Tatoeba · yuya CC BY