For example, processing a credit card number, hiring a new employee, and submitting a patent are all examples of business processes.

例如，处理一个信用卡号，雇佣一个新职员，提交一个专利等都是商业流程的示例。

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Perforating Machine IBM's first patent (issued July 25, 1911) described an invention related to punched-card tabulation.

美国专利＃998631：打孔机 IBM的第一项专利（1911年7月25日发布）介绍有关打孔卡制表的一项发明。

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Now that he has his patent, his next step is a letter-writing campaign to get support from major credit card companies.

他已经有了专利，下一步就是要给各大信用卡公司写信以便获得他们的支持。

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The system is also made future proof by a patent-pending capability to swap out the wireless card should hardware technology change or if the user chooses a different network infrastructure in the future.

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Claims by patent-assertion entities rarely get to the stage at which the gift card litigation currently stands.

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Its patent-pending In2Pay microSD solution, transforms any mobile phone with a memory card slot into an interactive contactless transaction device.

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