First, mature industries may possess a trade secret or patented technique that efficiently gets them high quality.

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In an ordinary-looking workshop off Avenida Corrientes in Buenos Aires, she produces a collection based on her patented technique for applying plastic beads to fabric.

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He used a new DNA-sequencing technique called whole-genome shotgunning that he and a colleague, Hamilton Smith, had invented, and patented a good tranche of human genes on the way.

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