美国的专利申请数量虽然在衰退期间有所下降，但是在之前十年已经翻了一番。
American patent applications tailed off during the recession, but only after doubling in the decade before.
在此方面，日本所采取的某些手段仍稍稍领先于美国，尽管日本专利申请的步伐还很缓慢。
In that area, Japan is still slightly ahead of the United States by some measures, though Japan's patent filing pace is slowing.
2006年至2008年间，中国申请的有关风能、太阳能和海洋能源的新专利数量在全球居首位，其次是日本、美国和德国。
Between 2006 and 2008, China had the largest number of original patent filings pertaining to wind, solar, and Marine energy followed by Japan, America and Germany.
该方案已经向美国申请了专利，并将会在近期通过，虽然在这个方案中，如何冷却水仍然是尚待解决的问题。
A patent application is pending and the scheme may soon be approved in the U. S., though cooling the water may be the least of the problems associated with the idea.
在美国还有哪个城市申请过这么多的食品专利？
Has any other American city patented so many signature foods?
美国专利目前遵循“第一发明”原则，将改为授予第一个申请注册的人。
Instead of the "first to invent" principle, which America currently USES, patents will be awarded to inventors who are the "first to file".
欧洲市场较美国市场而言更加分散；创业者们需要服从各种法律规范；专利申请更加耗时费钱。
The European market remains much more fragmented than the American one: entrepreneurs have to grapple with a patchwork of legal codes and an expensive and time-consuming patent system.
“Jock strap”这个词在1897年的一份美国专利申请中首次被引用。
The term jock strap is cited as first having appeared in 1897 in a US patent application.
去年2月，美国国立卫生研究院(National Institutesof Health)就人类基因申请了几千项专利。
Last February, the National Institutes of Health applied for thousands of patents on human genes.
现在又有报道称美国专利商标局拒绝了Google Nexus One商标的申请。
Now it's being reported that the U.S. Patent and trademark Office has rejected its application for a trademark on the name Nexus One.
所以，UNESCO最近尝试去调查美国、欧洲和日本专利局的专利申请情况——这些专利被认为是“高质量的”。
UNESCO's latest attempt to look at patents has therefore focused on the offices of America, Europe and Japan, as these are deemed of “high quality”.
该公司已经能够使用这些资料，因为只有在美国阿贡国家实验室申请的专利。
The company has been able to use the materials because the Argonne patents only apply in the United States.
清洁能源专利申请数量最高的是美国，占到申请总数的四分之一，其次是德国和日本——在2008年的比例分别为18%和16%。
The highest number of clean energy patent applications is lodged by the US, which accounts for a quarter, followed by Germany and Japan at 18 and 16 per cent respectively in 2008.
这家全球性的技术公司去年在世界上申请专利最多的公司中排名第八，在美国排名第三。
The global technology company was awarded the eighth most patents in the world last year and the third-most by an American company.
美国专利商标局认为这一方法过于抽象，驳回了申请。
The USPTO concluded that the process was too abstract and denied the application.
1868年克里斯托弗·莱瑟姆·肖尔斯在美国为第一台实用的打字机申请专利。
The first practical typewriter was patented in the United States in 1868 by Christopher Latham Sholes.
然而，美国的专利申请数量已经开始从2007年顶峰时期的54,000巨幅下降。
However, the number of American applications has fallen substantially from a peak of 54,000 in 2007.
然而，美国的专利申请数量已经开始从2007年顶峰时期的54,000巨幅下降。
However, the number of American applications has fallen substantially from a peak of 54, 000 in 2007.
但是美国仍然是专利申请最多的国家，并保持着绝对的领先优势，这反映了美国的经济力量和公司的活力。
But, reflecting America's economic power and corporate dynamism, the United States is still the country from which the most filings orginate, and it has a huge lead.
杨全国为他的产品申请了美国和中国的专利。他说，2009年他向北美和欧洲的进口商售出了400,000个产品，但大多是以别人的品牌销售。
Yang, who has U.S. and Chinese patents for his mount, said he sold 400,000 of them in 2009 to North American and European importers, mostly to companies that sell them under their own brands.
蜂拥而至的专利活动淹没了美国专利局，它要花比以往更长的时间来处理专利申请（见图表）。
Surging patent activity has overwhelmed the US Patent Office, which is taking ever longer to process applications (see chart).
一项广告专利正在美国提出申请。科技巨头们如果引入此专利，便可降低产品的成本。
A patent application filed in the United States suggests that the leading technology firm is considering introducing commercials in order to sell its products at a discounted price.
2006年，美国所有的专利申请中有25%是由外国裔公民发明或参与发明的。
And foreign nationals in U.S. were inventors or co-inventors of 25 percent of all patents filed in U.S. in 2006.
2006年，美国所有的专利申请中有25%是由外国裔公民发明或参与发明的。
And foreign nationals in U.S. were inventors or co-inventors of 25 percent of all patents filed in U.S. in 2006.
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