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    Hi,

    I am trying to translate "Patent pending" in French FRANCE and I can't make up my mind between "Brevet déposé" or "Brevet en instance", what do you think?

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    Hi nabylm,
    I've seen "Brevet déposé" many more times, but I checked the IATE term base with "patent pending" and it says: "Brevet en instance"
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    Do you think "Brevet en instance" sounds more canadian than french from FRANCE? Or can it be used in both cases?

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    Considering that the IATE compiles terms from Europe, I wouldn't say that "Brevet en instance" is more Canadian.
    Did you check in Termium, which is used in Canada?

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    I agree with danielr, "Brevet en instance".

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    Indeed, I checked "Brevet en instance" with Termium(TERMIUM*Plus® — Recherche*-*Tous les termes*-*TERMIUM Plus®*-*Bureau de la traduction) That's why I thought it could be more canadian than european.

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    "Brevet déposé" has 516k entries in Google, while "brevet en instance" has 418K. So, the conclusion is two terms are fine, but the first one is more common.

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    Considering that these are legal terms (and sometimes significant and problematic), it's interesting to have two equally used options.

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