Usage of past participle
I found following sentence from one of books that I've recently read. What I cannot understand is why they have used past participle to talk about some events that we know the year. I mean, though it happened in 1884, they haven't used past tense. Therefore, I would really grateful if someone could explain why they have constructed the following sentence by using past participle. Furthermore, if they had used past tense instead of past participle, would the meaning of the sentence have changed?
In 1884 Lewis Waterman had patented the fountain pen, giving him the sole rights to manufacture it.
In addition, while I was writing the question, I just felt some uncertain about the last sentence ("Furthermore ..."). In that sentence, I just wanted to ask a question related to past hypothetical action and results using third conditionals. Thus, please tell me whether that sentence is grammatically correct or not and whether and is it the natural way of explaining such ideas.
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dileepa In 1884 Lewis Waterman had patented the fountain pen, giving him the sole rights to manufacture it. This is the past perfect tense. " You know the present perfect, right?
- dileepa In 1884 Lewis Waterman had patented the fountain pen, giving him the sole rights to manufacture it.
- This is the past perfect tense.
- " You know the present perfect, right?
- It uses the present of "have" and the past participle: John has sold his car.
- Look, they have brought some pizza for us!
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dileepaIn 1884 Lewis Waterman had patented the fountain pen, giving him the sole rights to manufacture it.
This is the past perfect tense. The verb is "patent."
You know the present perfect, right? It uses the present of "have" and the past participle:
John has sold his car.
Look, they have b
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