But not every patent filed there represents an original or useful idea.

但是其实并不是每一个专利都是原创的，有使用价值的。

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Any application for a patent filed with, and any other proceedings before, the patent Office shall be subject to the payment of a fee as prescribed.

向专利局申请专利和办理其他手续，应当按照规定缴纳费用。

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Apple may be developing a computer that combines the look of a desktop with the touch-screen functions of its tablet-style iPad, according to reports about a patent filed by the company.

苹果电脑申请专利的文件显示，该公司可能正研究一款新型电脑，结合了桌面电脑的外款与iPad的触屏功能。

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An Apple patent filed the same year borrows some of that work, Noise Free insists, in addition to the iPhone in question.

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In comparing the Smart Cover information with a former patent filed by the iPhone maker, Patently Apple speculated that users may one day use their iMac as the ultimate charging hub.

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Hmm, not to worry, ZapMedia also says it has an almost identical 2006 patent filed for in 2000 -- but that patent, as far as a quick USPTO search shows, hasn't been assigned to ZapMedia, instead remaining with Kenneth Liscomb and several other individuals also listed on the new patent.

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