Hypertext Webster Gateway: "patented"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Patent \Pat"ent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patented}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Patenting}.]
To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to
secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to
patent public lands.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
patented
adj : (of devices and processes) protected by patent; "patented
inventions
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