1·The device was protected by patent.
这一装置受专利保护。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·P&G applied for a patent on its cookies.
宝洁公司为其饼干申请了专利。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·It was 100 years ago this week that the bottle earned a patent.
就在100年前的这一周，这个瓶子获得了专利。
4·By 1957, she had sold 100 bottles a month and had gotten a patent for her product.
到1957年，她已经每月售出100瓶，并获得了产品专利。
5·Patent Office grants a patent, it is confirming that the intellectual property is unique.
专利局授予专利，是在确认知识产权的唯一性。
1·"Could you patent the sun?" he asks.
“你能取得太阳的专利权吗？”他问道。
2·Unlike most of the vector formats mentioned above, SVG is free of any patent or copyright restrictions, and its specification is fully documented.
与上述多数矢量格式不同，SVG是完全免费的，没有任何版权或专利权限制，而且其规范完全有文档记录。
3·Of course, this dilemma arises in many human endeavors, from building design, to rocket science, to patent law.
当然，这种界定在人类的许多方面都开始出现，从构建设计到火箭科学，到专利权法。
4·They now have to pay royalties for parts that used to be free; or, if they decide to infringe a patent, they can no longer be reasonably confident of getting away with it.
他们需要为曾经免费的零部件支付专利税；或者，如果他们决定侵犯专利权，他们将不能像以前一样自信地认为能够侥幸成功并逃脱处罚了。
5·It does create a process for opposing a patent afterwards, as in Europe, but some say it will still be too burdensome for the challenger.
修订后的法案的确建立了一套事后反对专利权的程序，如同欧洲所做的，但有些人认为对质疑者来说这仍然是太过让人恼火。
1·The EU is moving slowly on the critical issues, such as a common patent.
欧盟在关键问题上行动缓慢，比如说统一的专利证。
2·When you get an idea before any one else, you take out a patent on it: it is yours.
当你首先想出了一个办法，你就去领一个专利证，这个办法就是属于你的。