The designers of the process for filing a PCT (international) patent application chose to allow users to file in either XML or in a PDF format.

编档 PCT（国际）专利申请的设计者选择这样一种方式，允许用户使用 XML 或者 PDF 格式编制档案。

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CHDA also facilitates the evaluation process, convenes the initial group of essential patent (and patent application) holders and processes their deliberations to conclude terms of a joint license.

CHDA在组织评估的同时，将召集必要专利(和专利申请)的所有人决定共同许可的条件。

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BASF filed a patent application for its proprietary process in the fall of 2004.

巴斯夫已经在2004年秋对这一生产工艺申请了专利权。

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