对于爱迪生来说，作为一个发明家，新颖性总是至高无上的：创新事业的首要目标就是为新发明创造资金。

For Edison as an inventor, novelty was always paramount: the overriding goal of the business of innovation was simply to generate funding for new inventions.

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为了做到这点，他们使用一个精心制作的代码来分类大量的代表着一个发明新颖性的技术。

To do so, they classify the various technologies responsible for an invention's novelty using an elaborate arrangement of codes.

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授予专利权的发明和实用新型，应当具备新颖性、创造性和实用性。

Any invention or utility model for which patent right may be granted must possess novelty, inventiveness and practical applicability.

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