patented

3 definitions found

patented - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

patented - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  patented
      adj 1: (of devices and processes) protected by patent; "they are
             patented inventions"

patented - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "patented":
     armed, authorized, bound, bounded, chartered, cloaked, conditioned,
     confined, copyrighted, covered, cramped, defended, disciplined,
     empowered, enfranchised, entitled, finite, franchised, guarded,
     invulnerable, licensed, limited, moderated, narrow, policed,
     prescribed, privileged, proscribed, protected, qualified,
     restricted, safe, safeguarded, sanctioned, screened, sheltered,
     shielded, strait, straitened, warranted