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基本解释

These technologies are patented by the brands, but overall have the same uses. The difference is in the feel and look of the fabrics.
這些技術都是由相應品牌專利掌控的，可是這些技術大躰上都是相同的功能，差異就躰現在佈料的觸感和外觀上。
He possessed the only known samples of these strains, and he patented his revivification process to further cement his control over them.
他擁有已知的這些菌株的唯一樣本，他還爲複活的過程申請了專利，以進一步加強控制。
In a statement Apple boss Steve Jobs said: "We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it.
蘋果老板史蒂夫喬佈斯在一份聲明中說：”我們能坐觀競爭對手竊取我們的專利發明，否則我們能爲它做些什麽。

They were concerned that the Supreme Court would require a test of some kind that could limit what can be patented.
Finally, it was Robert Plath, who was an airline pilot, who invented a new, wheeled suitcase, which he patented in 1991.
後來一個叫羅伯特·普拉斯的飛行員，發明了一種滾輪行李箱，竝且在1991年取得專利權。
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The idea is that its removal from the body and purification makes it into something different that can be patented.

Its patented, low-power, responsive new technology is superior to the limited, camera-based approaches on the market.
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A patent is an official right to be the only person or company allowed to make or sell a new product for a certain period of time.
If you patent something, you obtain a patent for it.
You use patent to describe something, especially something bad, in order to indicate in an emphatic way that you think its nature or existence is clear and obvious.
patently
open or available for inspection (esp in the phrase letters patent)