A further stimulus to invention came from the "premium" system, which preceded our patent system and for years ran parallel with it. (NETEM 1996, Passage 4, Paragraph 5)

推动发明的另一刺激因素来自"奖赏"制度，它产生于我们的专利制度之前，且多年来与后者一同实施。

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He filed patent applications and soon began leaking word of his invention to other chemists.

他申请了专利，不久就开始将自己的发明透露给其他化学工作者。

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To be eligible for a patent, an invention must not just be novel, but also useful and non-obvious.

一项可专利的发明不仅内容要新奇，也要具备实用和非显而易见性。

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A patent forbids others from copying an invention and makes the invention valuable in the world of business.

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In eighteen seventy-three, Strauss and Davis received a patent to officially own this invention.

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They filed both an invention disclosure and patent application but have not marketed the tool.

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The Court affirmed the decision rendered by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, observing that, if purchasers were allowed to replicate the invention, there would be a mismatch between invention and reward and the patent would afford little protection to the inventor.

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For anyone with an invention to sell, patent and intellectual property protection is their first priority.

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