Exclusive patent

Japanese: 専売特許 - せんばいとっきょ

〘 noun 〙① An official license for the right to monopolize an invention, etc. An old name for a patent. Patent. ※Yūbin Hochi Shimbun - June 18, 1885 (Meiji 18) "Those who wish to apply for a patent must pay a license fee to the (county) office."② = Senbai (monopoly)②※Future Japan (1886)〈Tokutomi Soho〉 13 "But commerce is also a part of military service. A merchant is also a type of government official. How can the bad practice of patent monopoly be avoided at a time like this?"

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 発明品などに与えられる専売の権利の官許。特許の旧称。パテント。※郵便報知新聞‐明治一八年（1885）六月一八日「専売特許を願出んと欲するものは免許料を（郡区）役所へ相納め」② ＝せんばい（専売）②※将来之日本（1886）〈徳富蘇峰〉一三「それ商業も亦軍務の一部なり。商人も亦官吏の一人なり。此の時に於て焉ぞ専売特許の弊習行はれざるを得んや」

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