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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Another problem is that first-to-file may make companies rush to put in for a patent before their invention is truly ready.

另一个问题是专利的申请可能促使一些公司在一些发明尚未成型时就急于将其注册。

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On the other hand, by allowing PDF filings the patent office may succeed in convincing more filers to file electronically rather than on paper.

另一方面，允许 PDF 编档可能使专利机构成功地说服更多的档案编制人员放弃纸张，而改用电子编档。

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With all this free trade and trade barriers falling, it's really hard for an individual like me with a global-scope patent to file all over the world and get patent protection everywhere, and having to go overseas to fight infringement.

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Having these signed patent forms on file keeps university attorneys happy.

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Before you get too excited, lets remember two things: one, companies file patent applications for things all the time that never see the light of day.

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