Patented technology means intellectual protection and anyone who uses the same technology is violating some law. Unique product is what we need these day to these so many competitive industry.
Yes it means they had invented on their own and already patented so no one can use it but only them and that is right for sure it is very unique because they will hide in public so no one can copy their technology and that is one of the big reason why this ICO gonna be huge in the future.