This change in our patent laws is part of our agenda for making us competitive over the long term.

他说：“对专利法进行这些修改，是为了长远地增强我们的竞争力。”

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The term jock strap is cited as first having appeared in 1897 in a US patent application.

“Jock strap”这个词在1897年的一份美国专利申请中首次被引用。

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That said, I am skeptical about the length of the patent term for pharmaceuticals.

这就是说，我对专利权的有效期限持怀疑态度。

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The term "patent troll" describes firms that acquire patents so that they can later extract settlements from companies on infringement claims.

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The USPTO planned to have a new computer program up and running by March 2 to calculate subsequent patent term adjustments.

FORBES: Novartis Challenges USPTO Patent Extension Policy

The appeals court held that the agency had misinterpreted both the law governing patent term length and a clause barring the double-counting of overlapping prosecution delays.

FORBES: Novartis Challenges USPTO Patent Extension Policy