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Pou egzanp, kèk ane de sa mwen te gen yon kliyan ki devlope yon nouvo tip kle pou fè yon travay espesifik lè reparasyon otomobil. Pandan ke kle l 'yo te gen sèvis piblik (te itil pou fè yon bagay) e li te nouvo, U.S lan. Patant Biwo (USPTO) pa t 'ka konvenki ke kle a se te yon amelyorasyon ki pa evidan sou kle yo atizay anvan. Mwen te di l 'sa a te rezilta a gen anpil chans apre yo fin fè yon rechèch patant, Men, li te santi ke li te vo yon eseye (ak kle yo ta ka make “Patant Annatandan” pandan y ap aplikasyon an patant sèvis piblik Mwen te depoze pou l 'te aktyèlman annatant anvan USPTO a).
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For example, some years ago I had a client who developed a new type of wrench for doing a specific job when repairing automobiles. While his wrench had utility (was useful for doing something) and was new, the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) could not be convinced that the wrench was a non-obvious improvement over the prior art wrenches. I had told him this was the likely result after doing a patent search, but he felt that it was worth a try (and the wrenches could be marked “Patent Pending” while the utility patent application I filed for him was actually pending before the USPTO).