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These technologies are patented by the brands, but overall have the same uses. The difference is in the feel and look of the fabrics.
这些技术都是由相应品牌专利掌控的，可是这些技术大体上都是相同的功能，差异就体现在布料的触感和外观上。
He possessed the only known samples of these strains, and he patented his revivification process to further cement his control over them.
他拥有已知的这些菌株的唯一样本，他还为复活的过程申请了专利，以进一步加强控制。
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.
苹果老板史蒂夫乔布斯在一份声明中说：”我们能坐观竞争对手窃取我们的专利发明，否则我们能为它做些什么。

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.
后来一个叫罗伯特·普拉斯的飞行员，发明了一种滚轮行李箱，并且在1991年取得专利权。
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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)