Protected an invention

• Protected from imitators
• Like over 1,300 of Edison's inventions
• Old man sheltered and legally protected
• Inimitable, in a way
• Protected from copycats
• Protected, for inventors
• Protected, in a way
• Protected by Government grant

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.