找到一种植物，[辨别它的确切用途]然后申请专利并制成药物所需要的平均时间是十到十五年，[所以]这是一项长期投资。

Ten to fifteen years is the average time between finding the plant, [identifying its exact use] and patenting it into a drug [so] it is a long-term investment.

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拥有很多专利的人尤其希望去掉“商业用途”的专利，他们表示已经发明了一种新的经营方式。

The too-many-patents crowd wanted to do away, in particular, with "business-method" patents, which claim to have invented a new way of doing business.

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拥有很多专利的人尤其希望去掉“商业用途”的专利，他们表示已经发明了一种新的经营方式。

The too-many-patents crowd wanted to do away, in particular, with “business-method” patents, which claim to have invented a new way of doing business.

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