It happened in the late 1990s, in the United States, that patent offices started to accept financial patents.

美国是在上世纪九十年代末期的时候，专利局才开始授予金融专利。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

I forget who--it may have been Charles Seller who said if you want to see the Market Revolution happening go study the Archives of the U.S. Patent Office.

我忘了是谁说的,大概是查尔斯.塞勒,他说,若你想看看市场革命是怎么发生的,就去研究美国专利局的档案吧

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Traditionally, financial inventions were not granted patent rights, but now in the United States and in a number of other countries it has become possible to patent financial inventions.

传统的金融产品,是没有专利的,但现在,在美国,和其他的一些国家中,金融产品也拥有了专利

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选