Category: LawPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate

特許

/tokkyo/Roman

English meaning: Patent

Japanese Definition

(日本語)

特許とは、発明者に一定期間、その発明の独占的権利を付与する政府の認可である。日本はトヨタ・ソニー・キヤノンなどの企業が世界有数の特許出願件数を誇る、世界トップの特許出願国の一つである。特許制度は日本のイノベーション主導型経済を支えている。

English Definition

A government grant giving inventors exclusive rights to their inventions for a limited period. Japan is among the world's top patent-filing nations, with companies like Toyota, Sony, and Canon consistently registering among the world's most prolific patent applicants. Japan's patent system supports its innovation-driven economy.

Example

日本は世界有数の特許出願大国で、技術革新を法的に保護しています。

In English: Japan is one of the world's leading patent-filing nations, legally protecting technological innovation.

Synonyms

  • 発明権
  • 知的財産権

Literary Heritage

美は常に人間の意識から生まれ、その美を壊すことで美は永遠になる

/Bi wa tsune ni ningen no ishiki kara umare, sono bi wo kowasu koto de bi wa eien ni naru/

Beauty always arises from human consciousness; by destroying that beauty, beauty becomes eternal.

Mishima Yukio · Novelist · 20th century CE

Kinkakuji (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion)

Kinkakuji, Chapter on the aesthetics of destruction, 1956

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