Patenting

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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]