The term 'REGISTERED, AS AN INVENTION' can be summarized as having a patent. A patent is a form of intellectual property that grants the inventor exclusive rights to their invention for a certain period of time. This means that no one else can make, use, or sell the invention without the permission of the inventor. The term 'PATENTED' is an 8-letter word that is used to describe the process of registering an invention with the government in order to receive a patent.