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The claims must be directed to a single invention,
Sandra Thompson: USPTO Accelerates Green Patent Applications 2009
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“Haud your tongue, ye b — —!” said Caleb, in the impetuous and overbearing triumph of successful invention,
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Thus we have three arts: one of use, another of invention,
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For he was engaged on what he regarded as, so far, his prime invention,
On Forsyte 'Change 2004
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‘Doesn’t that proceed from your fertile invention,
New Grub Street 2003
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Another man wanted Richardson to finance his invention,
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When the glory of the wisdom and grace of God, of the love and grace of Christ, of the power of the Holy Ghost herein, is made manifest unto us, we shall despise all the paintings of this invention,
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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Sacks were discarded for quicker shipment in bulk; barns and warehouses filled and spilled till adequate storage facilities became the vital problem and, the need mothering invention,
Deep Furrows Hopkins Moorhouse
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The key of liberty or interest is a new key, lately forged by some new locksmiths in Separation-shop, to be a pick-lock of the power of church officers, and to open the door for popular government; no ordinance of Christ, but a mere human invention,
The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
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Endowed with an ever-ready mind and an unfailing power of invention,
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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