PATENTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does patented mean? 

• PATENTED (adjective)
  The adjective PATENTED has 1 sense:

1. (of devices and processes) protected by patent

  Familiarity information: PATENTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATENTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of devices and processes) protected by patent

Context example:

they are patented inventions

Similar:

proprietary (protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights)

 Context examples 

A vial that has a patented delivery system.

(Patent Delivery System Vial, NCI Thesaurus)

A bispecific antibody containing a patented Trigger antibody and a humanized antibody that targets TAG-72.

(Monoclonal Antibody MDX-220, NCI Thesaurus)

Dr Richard Atkinson, Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin, has already patented a vaccine for the virus.

(Scientists Find Virus Linked to Weight Gain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The invention has recently been patented in Brazil and the next step is to make it commercially available.

(New Brazilian fertilizer can boost productivity, Agência BRASIL)

“Not at all. To get it patented, to make money from it, to revel in piggishness with all night in while other men do the work. That’s my purpose. Also, I have enjoyed working it out.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A patented biomarker test (APHP, 2001) that measures liver pathology through the assessment of a six-parameter blood test (for alpha-2-macroglobulin, haptoglobin, apolipoprotein A1, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, total bilirubin, and alanine aminotransferase), taking into account the age and gender of the patient.

(FibroTest Score Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)