Patented

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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