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专利申请中

名词

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patent pending

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Definitions of patent pending

English

a phrase used by inventors to warn other inventor or businesses that a patent (=the official legal right granting exclusive rights to an inventor to make, use or sell an invention for a specified period of time) has been filed for a particular invention

Our 3D phone printing process is patent pending.