This is because the us patent law (35 us Code) is a federal statute.

以上规定的依据是，美国专利法(35美国法典)即是美国联邦法。

youdao

Interesting thing though is, the specific provision in title 17 of the US code is 1201 and this is 1201 (a) (1), that says you can't hack in order to gain access to something protected by copyright.

然而有趣的是，这一特别条款属于US第17项的编号1201，而1201 (a)(1)说，你不能破解任何被版权法保护的内容。

youdao

American members have the letters US prefixed to their code numbers.

美国会员的代码前加了字母US。

《牛津词典》

But now, there is an opportunity for us to implement this in code.

不过现在，我们有机会,用代码实现它。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Just like people have a genetic code, perhaps, that gives us various instructions that we begin to follow out, or certain innate psychology or what have you.

就像人类拥有基因编码,给我们传达各种各样,得以遵循的指示,或者是某种与生俱来的心理,等等等等

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Honor to so many of us sounds quaint, like an honor code or the Boy Scouts' code or something like that or something primitive, some kind of primitive ethic which we therefore don't really understand.

荣誉，对我们中大多数而言，听起来都会很奇怪，这就像是在说荣誉代码,童子军守则或一些类似的东西一样，亦或是一些非常原始的理论,以致于我们根本不知道这是在说什么。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The measure is designed to remove language that has become outdated or demeaning from the US code.

BBC: US Congress bans word 'lunatic' in federal legislation

If this sounds too cynical by half, I dare you to print out the whole of the US tax code on your home printer.

FORBES: Scrap The IRS?

The Bush era 15% tax rate on dividends was an admission that the US tax code had got out of line on this one point.

FORBES: Obama's Budget Raises Dividend Taxes to 39.6%: This is Not a Good Idea