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# patented

verb (past tense and past participle of patent: patent, patents, patented, patenting); adjective (patented)

«patented» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Got a patent: an official right that says only the inventor may make or sell an invention for a number of years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/#m1)
2. (adjective) Protected by a patent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/#m2)
3. (informal, joking) Special and typical of one person: Dad's patented pancake flip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and history lessons inventors patented their machines so others could not copy them. In everyday ads, a product may be a patented design. In jokes people call their own trick patented. Phrases: patented invention, a patented design, have it patented.

### Examples

- The inventor patented his new kind of light bulb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/#x1)
- This patented zip never gets stuck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/#x2)
- She patented her idea before showing it to any company. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/#x3)
- You cannot copy a patented machine without permission. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/#x4)
- Here comes Grandma's patented chocolate cake! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/#x5)
- The design was patented, so other firms had to pay to use it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/#x6)

### Note

Patent can be said PAT-ent or PAY-tent. Patent leather is shiny leather and has nothing to do with inventions. A patent is for inventions; a copyright is for books, music and art; a trademark is for names and logos.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «patented» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«patented» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/patented.html) on Mova free.