An application for a patent for invention or utility model shall be limited to one invention or utility model.

一件发明或者实用新型专利申请应当限于一项发明或者实用新型。

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Article 3l. An application for a patent for invention or utility model shall be limited to one invention or uti1ity model.

第三十一条一件发明或者实用新型专利申请应当限于一项发明或者实用新型。

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Article 3l. An applicationfor a patent for invention or utilitymodel shall be limited to one invention or uti1ity model.

第三十一条一件发明或者实用新型专利申请应当限于一项发明或者实用新型。

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He got a patent for his invention in 2008 and now sells his machine all over India and in other emerging markets such as Africa and Latin America.

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On June 26, 1801 (or rather on 7 Messidor Year 9, since the Republic calendar was still in force at the time), the French Minister of the Interior awarded Abraham-Louis Breguet, the founder of Breguet, a patent for the invention of the tourbillon.

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This is part of the contract that forms the basis for the patent system: in exchange for teaching the public how to practice the invention, a patent holder is granted a time-limited right to exclude others from doing so.

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