Second, the bill expands the right of third parties to join the fray at the PTO by showing "prior art" -meaning the invention is already known about and so a patent should not be granted.

第二，法案体现“优先权之道”——即申请专利的发明之前已有人知道则不能通过。这样就扩大了在P TO参与纠纷的第三方权利。

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And in April, PTO Guangzhou and the State Intellectual Property Office jointly organized a program on patent filing and enforcement in Shenzhen.

今年4月，美国专利商标局广州办事处和中国国家知识产权局在深圳联合开展了关于专利申请与执法的项目。

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One would let an alleged infringer of a patent challenge its validity at the patent and Trademark Office (PTO), rather than going to court.

在一纸诉状上公堂之前，必须先在专利商标局让所谓的侵权人质询其专利的有效性。

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However, as I mentioned in my prior post, the PTO generally leans pro-patents and therefore may lack enthusiasm to fix any problems that result in over-patenting.

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Instead, Congress chose to multiply the alternative dispute-resolution procedures at the PTO, giving the office more work to do without a guarantee of more money.

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The PTO generally has become more efficient at reviewing design-patent applications, often taking just months from application to grant.

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