the official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular number of years

In 1880 Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent on an apparatus for signalling and communicating called a Photophone. 亚历山大‧格雷厄姆‧贝尔发明了一个可用来发送和传输讯号，称为「光线电话」的装置，并于1880年获授了此装置的专利权。

The company took out/filed a patent on a genetically engineered tomato. 该公司取得／申请了一项转基因西红柿的专利权。

to get the official legal right to make or sell an invention

If you don't patent your invention, other people may make all the profit out of it. 如果你不为你的发明申请专利权，其他人就会从中渔利。

very obvious

a patent lie 昭然若揭的谎言

a patent disregard of the law 对法律的公然漠视

"No," he replied, with patent distaste. “不，”他带着明显的厌恶回答道。

A patent invention is protected by law so that only particular people or companies have the right to make or sell it.

a patent screwdriver 获专利的螺丝刀