Over the past decade, thousands of patents have been granted for what are called business methods.

在过去的，成千上万的商业方法被授予了专利权。

Even more processes are never patented at all but kept as secret processes.

更多的工艺过程根本就不会取得专利权，而是作为秘方保存着。

How long is the duration of patent right for an invention according to the law?

根据这个法律．发明专利权的期限是多久？

Some observers think an anti-Myriad ruling would have little practical effect.

一些观察员认为反对麦利亚德公司专利权的裁决将不会产生太大的经济影响。

The firm's patents expire in 2015, and technology has moved on.

该公司的专利权有效期截止到2015，而到那时，生物技术早已有极大的进步。

Most genetically modified seeds are patented, this means farmers must purchase them after each planting.

大多数转基因种子都有专利权，因此农民们每次种植后都必须再次购买。

Look at patents. A patent grants an inventor exclusive right to profit from a specific product or process.

以专利为例。专利权授予发明者从特定产品或过程获取利润的专有权。

Any genes of interest could thus be examined for worrisome mutations, probably without infringing any patents.

从此不用侵犯任何专利权，就可检测基因。

Biro mastered his design and his pen became a hit in South America but there was still one huge problem.

比罗掌握了设计专利权，他的钢笔在南美大受欢迎，但仍存在着一个巨大的问题。

On April 15th they were presented with a particularly testing puzzler: should the law allow people to patent human genes?

4月15日，法官们遇到一个相当棘手的案件：法律是否允许取得类基因的专利权。

He boldly sued the Western Union in 1878 for infringement of the Bell patents.

1878 ， 他大胆地起诉西联汇款侵犯贝尔的专利权。

They allow the patent holders to hamper others.

它们允许专利权阻碍他。

Obviously, we're not going to violate his patent rights.

显然，我们不会侵犯他的专利权。

It's how they determine who wins these situations.

他们用来认定谁拿到专利权的依据。

" The pharmaceutical company enjoys high profits due to the exclusive patent rights."

“制药公司由于拥有独家专利权而享有高额利润。”

Its patent ran out in 1993 and usage spiked once cheaper generics came onto the market.

该药物的专利权在1993到期，随着价格更为亲民的仿制药进入市场，其使用量也随之激增。

The man who bought the European rights to the ballpoint pen was a Frenchman, Baron Marcel Bich.

购买圆珠笔欧洲专利权的是一位法国，马塞尔·比克男爵。

In his later years, Edison had more than 1,000 patent rights and became an innovative icon of Americans.

晚，爱迪生拥有 1,000 多项专利权，成为美国的创新偶像。

Westinghouse bought Tesla's patent rights at a high price and invited Tesla to be a consultant for his company.

西屋公司高价买下了特斯拉的专利权，并邀请特斯拉成为他公司的顾问。

This is only for one of the patent rights. For invention the duration of protection is even shorter, only for 5 years protection.

只有一种专利权保护期限是15，发明专利保护期限是15。至于实用新型和外观设计专利，保护期更短，只有5。