特許|とっきょtokkyo[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounpatent
2. nounspecial permission; license; licence; concession; charter

• Synonym専売特許せんばいとっきょNeutralOriginally an exclusive right to make and sell something; now mostly figurative for a person's signature move, as in 「彼の専売特許」.
• SynonymライセンスNeutralLoanword for a license or permit, as in 「ライセンス契約」; 「特許」 mainly covers invention patents but can also mean official special permission.
• SynonymパテントNeutralLoanword meaning patent, used mainly in business contexts; in everyday speech 「特許」 is the usual word.

For patent rights to an invention, use 「特許」, as in 「特許を取る」; 「パテント」 fits business talk, 「ライセンス」 covers licenses and permits, and 「専売特許」 is for someone's signature specialty.

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1. 特定とくていの人ひとのために新あたらしく権利けんりを設定せっていすること。
2. 新あたらしく考案こうあんされた発明はつめいについて、考案こうあん者しゃに独占どくせん的てき、排他的はいたてきに利用りようすることを認みとめること。