A worldwide process patent protects the technology.

世界处理方法专利保护此项技术。

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Europeans ought to be seeking to strengthen the rules of their single market rather than pushing to dilute them; a long-overdue single European patent process would be a good start.

欧洲人现在应该做的就是去尽量强化单一市场规则，而不是去削弱；姗姗来迟的欧洲一体化专利过程就是一个很好的开始。

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Such patents already exist. In March,for example, after re-examination, Amazon.com received a patent for its one-click ordering process.

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The idea is to set up a process so patent owners can proactively clean up issued patents in advance of potential litigation, eliminating uncertainty and strengthening the patents for business planning, licensing, or acquisition deals.

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This applied both to patent application filing decisions and to those made during negotiations with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as part of the process of obtaining a patent.

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And any efforts for the USPTO to improve the timeliness of the patent process must take a back seat to budgetary pressures.

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