In one of the poorest countries in the region, that lack of novelty is all the more depressing.

身为中美洲最穷困的国家之一，缺乏新颖使全国上下更受压抑。

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The US Patent and Trademark Office has ruled that 20 patents relating to scroll technology "lack novelty".

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Again, to be fair, the lack of novelty does not negate the contentiousness of the issues.

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