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b) using
c) giving for sale or selling or
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Once a obvious use is prepared and filed and prior to issuance of the obvious, the technology can be noted “obvious unresolved” or “obvious requested for”.

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The length of time for which the lawful monopoly is granted for the electric obvious is 20 years with the completing date of the electric obvious use, nonetheless, the rights tend not to begin up until the obvious issues.

The length of time for which the lawful monopoly is granted for the style and design obvious is 14 decades with the concern date.

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SAO PAULO (AP) -Ronaldinho and Vagner Love scored in the second half to help Flamengo come from behind to defeat Resende 3-1 on Saturday and reach the semifinals of the Guanabara Cup, the first stage of the Rio championship.

Vasco da Gama, Botafogo and Fluminense also advanced to the semifinals.

In the Sao Paulo state tournament, Argentine striker Hernan Barcos scored again for leader Palmeiras, while Corinthians won in the return of former Brazil striker Adriano.

Flamengo went a goal down when Marcelo Regis scored for Resende in the 47th minute in Volta Redonda, but Ronaldinho and former CSKA Moscow striker Vagner Love put Brazil’s most popular club back in the game just 10 minutes later by scoring five minutes apart.

Ronaldinho equalized with a header in the 57th and recently signed foward Vagner Love scored the go-ahead goal from close range in the 62nd. Striker Negueba sealed the victory in the 72nd.

The result set a semifinal against Vasco da Gama, which defeated Boavista 1-0 to win its seventh match in a row to start the season.

Also, Argentine striker German Herrera scored in the first half to lead Botafogo to a 3-0 victory at Macae. Botafogo will play the other semifinal against Fluminense, which routed Bangu 3-0 and advanced thanks to Vasco’s victory. A draw by the rival would have eliminated Fluminense regardless of its victory.

The Guanabara Cup winner will play for the Rio state title against the Rio Cup champion later in the tournament.

The Brazilian football season does not follow the European calendar and starts in the beginning of the year. Regional championships in the 26 states take place in the first few months, with the Brazilian league running from May until December.

In the Sao Paulo state championship, leader Palmeiras defeated Guaratingueta 3-2 on Friday behind a penalty-kick goal by Barcos, one of the team’s top acquisitions for the season. It was his second goal in three matches.

The away victory kept Luiz Felipe Scolari’s side unbeaten in the regional championship and atop the 20-team standings.

Corinthians defeated Sao Caetano 1-0 in Sao Caetano do Sul to level with Palmeiras on points, but behind on goal difference. Striker Willian scored the winner in the 63rd.

Most of Corinthians’ starters were rested for the Copa Libertadores, but the match marked Adriano’s first match with Corinthians this year. Last week the striker was ordered to stay at the team’s hotel to lose weight.

On Thursday, striker Willian Jose scored all the goals in Sao Paulo’s 3-1 win over Paulista. The Brazil youth player was sent off later in the match.

Most championships had their matches played on Friday and Saturday because of Carnival celebrations.

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Xi, who is almost sure to become China’s next president in just over a year from now, laid out his views on ties with the United States in the keynote speech of his visit to Washington.

His message was dominated by reassuring vows about more balanced economic ties and more international cooperation. But he also underscored Beijing’s impatience with U.S. policies on Taiwan and Tibet — issues where many Chinese citizens expect their leaders to show they will stand up to foreign pressure.

“The world is currently undergoing profound changes, and China and the United States face shared challenges and shoulder shared responsibilities in international affairs,” Xi told a ballroom crowded with U.S. business executives, academics and policy-makers involved with China.

“We should further use bilateral and multilateral mechanisms to enhance coordination between China and the United States on hotspots, including developments on the Korean peninsula and the Iran nuclear issue,” said Xi.

Xi’s visit to United States this week has given him a chance to boost his international standing before his likely promotion to head of China’s ruling Communist Party later this year and president in early 2013.

Although his speech revealed no new policies, his offer to work with Washington on dealing with Iran’s and North Korea’s nuclear ambitions could ease U.S. worries that Xi could drive foreign policy in a more hawkish direction.

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President Barack Obama took aim at China’s trade policies, saying he will not stand by when American’s competitors “don’t play by the rules.” And members of Congress pressed Xi on China’s detentions of human rights activists.

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“History demonstrates that whenever each side handles relatively well the issues bearing on the other side’s core and major interests, then Sino-U.S. relations are quite smooth and stable. But when it is the contrary, there are incessant troubles,” he said.

Washington should “abide by the one-China policy and take concrete actions to oppose Taiwanese independence,” he said.

“We also hope that the United States will truly implement its recognition that Tibet is part of China and its vow to oppose Tibetan independence, acting prudently in issues concerning Tibet,” he added.

In early 2010, the Obama administration’s decision to move forward with proposed arms sales to Taiwan triggered vehement criticism from Beijing, including warnings of sanctions against U.S. companies involved in the sales.

Those warnings petered out, but Xi made clear that Taiwan remains an acute concern for Beijing’s dealings with Washington.

Tensions over Chinese control of Tibet have flared in past months when a succession of protests and self-immolations have exposed volatile discontent. Chinese officials have blamed those tensions on separatists or supporters of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Buddhist leader of the region.

Xi also acknowledged the Obama administration’s recent “pivot” toward Asia, but warned it not to push too far.

“China welcomes the United States playing a constructive role in promoting the peace, stability and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region, and at the same time we hope the U.S. side will truly respect the interests and concerns of countries in the region, including China,” said Xi.

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Xi, 58, is poised to become China’s next leader following a decade in which it has risen to become the world’s second largest economy while the United States has fought two wars and endured the deepest and longest recession since the Great Depression that sapped its resources.

Xi met with House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Harry Reid on Wednesday morning and after his speech headed to Iowa for the next leg of his trip, which finishes later this week in Los Angeles.

Boehner’s office said his staff delivered a letter on the case of Gao Zhisheng, a dissident and human rights lawyer imprisoned in China. The House Speaker also expressed disappointment at China’ veto of a U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria.

Many U.S. lawmakers complain that China’s yuan currency is significantly undervalued, giving Chinese companies an unfair price advantage that helped lift the U.S. trade deficit with China to a record $295.5 billion in 2011.

Xi said currency reforms already taken by Beijing helped boost U.S. exports to China to more than $100 billion in 2011 and has significantly reduced China’s overall trade surplus.

“China has become the United States’ fastest growing export market,” Xi said. “The trade surplus as a proportion of GDP has been falling from over seven percent to two percent, at a level internationally recognized as reasonable.”

U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner acknowledged on Wednesday that Beijing is gradually letting its currency rise, but not fast enough to please the United States.

“We think they have some ways to go, we would like them to move more quickly,” he told a congressional panel.

Xi repeated Beijing call for the United States to eliminate restrictions of exports of high-technology civilian goods, which he said would help bring trade into balance.

Beijing has given the Obama administration a framework for promoting two-way trade and investment, he said.

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(Additional reporting by Rachelle Younglai and Susan Cornwell in Washington and Laura MacInnis in Milwaukee; editing by Anthony Boadle)

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A Georgia judge garnished the funds of former NBA sensation Allen Iverson after the former phenom refused to pay an outstanding jewelry bill worth $860,000, adding support to other claims that the pro-athlete may indeed be broke, CBS News reports. Iverson reportedly earned about $154 million in salary alone over the couse of his NBA career, but poor financial planning, extravagant spending and lawsuits have caused A.I. to go broke “by all accounts except his own,” Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Kate Fagan wrote in 2010.

Though Iverson reportedly has a laundry list of financial problems, including a gambling problem and missed child support payments, his situation is relatively common among professional athletes, particularly those who have retired. Sixty percent of NBA players become financially insolvent within five years of quitting the league. And pro-football players are even faster to lose their fortunes: More than three-quarters of retired NFLers go broke within two years, according to MSNBC.

Bankruptcy hits professional athletes in a variety of sports, with boxer Mike Tyson, baseball player Lenny Dykstra and figure skater Dorothy Hamill among the most notable examples. What leads our fastest and strongest athletes to financial ruin can widely vary.

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Making poor choices in selecting money-managers can also be disastrous, even though league officials often set up programs to help players with their finances. In the NFL, for example, only about 50 percent of players use league-approved asset managers, The New York Times reports. Many of the rest invest in failed ventures, with only some examples including finger-print sensing credit card system, personal record labels and even the now notorious Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities. That’s right, you can count legendary pitcher Sandy Koufax among the victims of the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history.

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