A savvy businessman, he retained rights to these patents, making his applications as an individual rather than through the patent Arms Manufacturing Company.

作为一个精明的商人，他以个人名义而不是通过他的专利武器制造公司来申请专利，从而保留了对这些专利的权利。

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The Canadian company has been losing market share for years—but it is sitting on around 2, 000 patents, with 3, 000 more applications in the pipeline.

加拿大这家公司的市场份额已经连续多年下降，但它有大约2000项专利，还有3000多项专利申请即将破壳而出。

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Last year, the Patent Office received 185, 446 patent applications, more than in any previous year, and 109, 728 patents were granted, almost twice as many as a decade ago.

去年，专利局受到185446份专利申请，为有史以来数量最多，其中109728项专利获得批准，几乎是10年前的两倍。

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Its smartphone-related patents applications were the fourth-largest globally and No. 1 nationally.

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Last year, international patents applications increased by 4.8 percent, with strong growth from China, Korea, and Japan offsetting a mixed performance in European countries and a continued decline in the United States.

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Foreign patent applications cite Chinese patents in authority.

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