The phrase "acquired a proprietary" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone has obtained ownership or rights to a specific product, technology, or information that is exclusive to them.
Example: "The company acquired a proprietary technology that significantly enhances their production process."
Alternatives: "obtained exclusive rights" or "secured proprietary ownership."
JC: Given how much of consulting is built on enticing your client to use and acquire a proprietary model or service, what's the intention behind making yours public?
Earlier this year, the government withheld $1 billion in rocket launching contracts from Boeing because it acquired a competitor's proprietary information.
Even though Veterans Affairs offered the Defense Department a proven, free, open-source software solution that could be adapted to the Pentagon's needs at low cost, the Defense Department chose to acquire a new proprietary electronic health record at the cost of billions of dollars.
The MSE mode was programmed to acquire data with a proprietary dual exact mass protocol.
For example, one of our clients wanted to acquire a company that had its own proprietary software.
The $615 million settlement ended a three-year investigation and allowed Boeing to avoid criminal charges over accusations that it had improperly acquired proprietary documents from a rival, Lockheed Martin, and had illegally recruited an Air Force weapons buyer who was overseeing Boeing contracts.
Companies may choose to acquire an application by leasing a proprietary package from a vendor under a license and having the software customized internally or externally by the vendor or another outside contractor.
And once acquired, such proprietary knowledge tends to be hoarded as trade secrets or hedged in by patents and other intellectual-property rights.
I acquired the proprietary 45mm and 90mm lenses.
By 1743, Beverley sought to acquire a land grant of 20000 acres in the Northern Neck Proprietary on the Shenandoah and the South Branch Potomac rivers from Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron.
