patent
noun
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
has patented
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present perfectof patent (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The University of Michigan has patented the compound and licensed it to Diapin Therapeutics.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Take-Two has patented new locomotive technology that will ensure Grand Theft Auto 6 has "highly dynamic and realistic animations" and will see characters move and react realistically to their environments.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023
Over the years, he has patented several ways to make a shallow three-dimensional picture that’s visible with the naked eye, often by strobing between two similar but incongruent frames like a kind of overlapping stereoscope.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
Cambridge, Mass.-based Amylyx has patented the combination and says the chemicals work together to shield cells from premature death.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
Since then he has patented both in this country and abroad nearly fifty different inventions relating principally to the art of automatic lubrication machinery, but including also a considerable variety of other devices.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various
