Overview of verb patent

The verb patent has 3 senses

• patent -- (obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?")


• patent -- (grant rights to; grant a patent for)


• patent -- (make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him")

Overview of adj patented

The adj patented has 1 sense

• patented -- ((of devices and processes) protected by patent; "they are patented inventions")