I know someone who has developed and patented several medical devices.    From LearnThat.org. 

They are patented inventions.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adjective : a patent cooling device. ,a patent attorney; patent law. ,a patent breach of good manners. ,patent shoes. ,a patent field.    From Dictionary.com. 

The artist Yves Klein patented his own special Ultramarine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: March 20, 2005 - March 26, 2005 Archives] Reference

Staring into a mirror he brings his arms straight up above his head in patented style.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Dodger pitchers know winning in many languages] Reference

Thank you for your interest in patented Newticles and the revolutionary testicular implant procedure for Republicans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Coburn Softens His Criticism Of Fox News, Appears On Network To Say ‘I’m Glad Fox Is There’] Reference

For land to be no trespassing, it had to be posted with the word patented and the registration number.    From Wordnik.com.  [...] Reference

Seder calls his patented Scanimation a lesson in "retro-tech," traceable to the mechanics of the slotted, spinning Zoetrope invented around 1850.    From Wordnik.com.  [Berks county news] Reference

As a result, a lot of good quality research and ideas generated at GRC are not being patented, which is a great disservice to the tax payers and the Nation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Today's Ask the Administrator Answer - NASA Watch] Reference

Then he would call on likely backers and sell-them-fractional interests for a few dollars "to raise money to get the idea patented and ready to be sold to a manufacturer.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Modern Mechanix] Reference

Some might say I simply corner unsuspecting friends and let loose my "patented" form of Joeroform Truthserum.    From Wordnik.com.  [joegood Diary Entry] Reference

Imagine being unable to use a life-saving technique on a patient simply because it was "patented", and the licensing fees were exorbitant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sick Idea: Using Patents to Kill People] Reference

You can't use the label of Champaign on any sparkling wines in South Africa because this is "patented" as a geographic indicator by the French.    From Wordnik.com.  [Speech by Gaolotlhe Godfrey Oliphant, Chairperson of the Science and Technology PC, during the debate on the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Bill] Reference

Farmers had immense debt and couldn't collect seeds to try again because Monsanto seeds are "patented" as "intellectual property").    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary, Will You Renounce Your Ties to Monsanto?] Reference

Now his voice was rising with that patented indignation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Watching the Lion in His Den] Reference

Lucas Koziol Penngrove, CaliforniaOf course genes can be patented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science's Awesome Frontier] Reference

Reliable guidance systems like TERCOM, patented in 1958, could now be shrunk.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mind Of A Missile] Reference

He accepted this extremely minor news with his patented, vaguely amused equanimity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Idiot Nation?] Reference

Maybe they'll sue me for all those patented genes I'm using without a license fee, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Silly Ideas Are Attacking My Brain] Reference

But beneath the patented intellectual bluster lies a new satisfaction with his Senate life.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Brain And The Pig Trough] Reference

When she stuck the dismount on her patented, blind landing, she had bounced into first place.    From Wordnik.com.  [BACK FROM THE BRINK] Reference

Dole also started shouting "" liberal, liberal, liberal '' in his now patented triplicate fashion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Role Of A Lifetime] Reference

True to his patented brand of Berlusconi-ism, the man himself continues to project supreme optimism.    From Wordnik.com.  [A SLOWLY SINKING SILVIO] Reference

In most of Africa our products are not patented, so why haven't generic manufacturers flooded Africa?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Question Of Access] Reference

Because discoveries would not be patented, the development contracts could be awarded to the lowest bidder.    From Wordnik.com.  [INNOVATION SAILS FREE] Reference

Power Englishman Frank Whittle patented the jet engine in 1930, but the Germans were first to fly a jet plane in 1939.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boeing 747] Reference

In fact, he's making this phone call only minutes after a different form of exertion -- one of his patented launch events.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mac Music] Reference

These days, cutbacks have us all living at the office, and everyone dreads hearing Trump's patented verdict: "You're fired!".    From Wordnik.com.  [THE EDITOR'S DESK] Reference

A few booths down, Victor Sygen explains how his patented waste-water filter system uses the duckweed plant to gobble up sewage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Earth Ii: Tune In, Turn On And Tap Out] Reference

Such an elevator controller is not new: Schindler started selling its patented Miconic 10 TM elevator controller five years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [International Letters: What Bush Knew] Reference

As a researcher at Texas Instruments in the early 1960s, he patented the first microchip, helping launch the computer revolution.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nobelest Of Pursuits] Reference

And plans are in the works to introduce the technology, patented in at least nine European countries, to the U.K. later this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shining A Light On Pain] Reference

He could have been any seasoned director, with one big exception -- he was wearing his patented angriest-black-man-in-America scowl.    From Wordnik.com.  [A New Hollywood Player] Reference

"No one in government believes pharmaceuticals should not be patented," says Dr. Ian Roberts, special adviser to the minister of health.    From Wordnik.com.  [Give Us This Day Our Daily Meds] Reference