proprietary
adj[usu attrib 通常作定語]
1
(a) (of goods) manufactured and sold by a particular firm, usu under patent (指貨物)獨家制造和銷售的, (通常指)專利的
proprietary medicines 專賣藥品
proprietary brands 專利商標.
(b) (in this dictionary abbreviated as propr) (of a brand name) owned and used exclusively by a particular firm (本詞典略作propr專利名)(指商標名稱)專利的
a proprietary name, eg Kodak for cameras and films 專利名稱(如照相機及膠片所用的柯達牌商標)
`Xerox' is a proprietary name and may not be used by other makers of photocopiers. `施樂'為專利名稱, 制造復印機的其他廠家不得采用.
2 of or relating to an owner or ownership 所有的; 所有權的
proprietary rights 所有權.