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# patented

«patented» in Mova's school dictionary: **Got a patent: an official right that says only the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/#m1)

2) (adjective) Protected by a patent. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/#m3)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/#x1)
- This patented zip never gets stuck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/#x2)
- She patented her idea before showing it to any company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/#x3)
- You cannot copy a patented machine without permission. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/#x4)
- Here comes Grandma's patented chocolate cake! [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [Metal rivets on jeans were patented (registered as an invention) in 1873 to stop pockets tearing on miners' work trousers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/5-clothes-t-shirts-jeans-and-trainers/8/)
- [Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876, which means he was given the official right to it as his invention.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/100-communication-letters-to-internet/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «patented» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patented/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.