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 →

2) (adjective) Protected by a patent. tree →

3) (informal, joking) Special and typical of one person: Dad's patented pancake flip. tree →

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 →
• This patented zip never gets stuck. tree →
• She patented her idea before showing it to any company. tree →
• You cannot copy a patented machine without permission. tree →
• Here comes Grandma's patented chocolate cake! tree →
• The design was patented, so other firms had to pay to use it. tree →

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.
• Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876, which means he was given the official right to it as his invention.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «patented» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.