noun
patent on a new device
Refers to a patent granted for a new invention or device. This term is somewhat dated; modern Japanese patent law uses 特許 (patent) and 実用新案 (utility model) as distinct categories.
彼は新案特許を取得して、その機械の製造を始めた。
He obtained a patent on the new device and began manufacturing the machine.
特許 is the general modern term for a patent. 新案特許 is an older, more specific term for a patent on a new device, now largely replaced by 特許 or 実用新案 in legal contexts.
実用新案 is a utility model, a type of intellectual property right for minor inventions. 新案特許 historically overlapped with this concept but is now obsolete in legal terminology.
Compound of 新案 (new idea/device) and 特許 (patent). The term reflects early 20th-century patent terminology and is now largely historical.