普罗米修斯是一个名字，我们的项目采用了一个暗语，因为我们的专利律师建议我们保持保密专利申请过程，直到完全卡住了。
Prometheus is a name that we adopted as a code word for the project because our patent attorneys advised us to keep it under wraps until the patenting process was complete.
商业机密不同于专利，这在某种程度上是由于其范围更广，而且必须保密。
Trade secrets are different from patents in part because they are broader and must be kept secret.
当有一项发明被创造出来时，发明者可以采取三种可能的行动：他可以通过出版把成果公布于世，也可以保密，或取得专利。
When an invention is made, the inventor has three possible courses of action open to him: he can give the invention to the world by publishing it, keep the idea secret, or patent it.
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