He now sells his fuel at service stations, but refuses to sell his patent, despite attractive offers from overseas oil firms.

目前，他在服务站销售自己发明的燃料，但却顶住了外国石油公司的诱惑，拒绝出售生产生物柴油的专利。

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To achieve the right mixture of propellant, the patent presents a hybrid rocket motor that would use 3-d stereolithography to essentially print the fuel.

为了准确地得到推进剂混合物，专利方案里展示了一个利用3 - D立体平版印刷术打印出燃料的混合动力火箭发动机。

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But the patent says that Apple won't be using Liquidmetal in iPhone and iPad casing, but rather as an internal component for fuel cells.

但是这份专利并不是描述苹果将用液态合金来制造iPhone和iPad的外壳，而是燃料电池的一种内部组件。

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Still, with Passbook waiting in the wings, the patent can't help but fuel speculation that Apple is getting more serious about an iPhone with near-field wireless in the future.

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