And ideas, along with papers and patents, have indeed proliferated in the recent past.

在最近一段时，法以及论文和专利的数量在激增。

I don't know the reason why the duration of protection is only 15 years?

我不知道专利的保护为什么只有15年？

The design Sholes patented in 1878 was basically QWERTY.

1878年拿到专利的肖尔斯设计基本上跟QWERTY键盘差不多。

There is no reliable way to measure a patent's value.

衡量专利的价值尚无可靠的方法。

It ends a 25-year practice of allowing patents on human genes in the United States.

它终结了美国境内 25 年来 允许授予人类基因专利的行为。

But in March 2010, a judge ruled that genes were unpatentable.

但 2010 年 3 月，一位法官判决基因是不能授予专利的。

Thomas Edison still holds the record for the most patents with over a thousand in his name.

托马斯·爱迪生仍然保持着拥有超过一千项专利的记录。

The case is the culmination of a battle that began in 2009.

这起案件是2009年一场专利之争的高潮。

The development of China's digital economy has promoted rapid patent growth in the core sectors of the industry.

中国数字经济的发展推动了行业核心领域专利的快速增长。

What are the criteria for granting patent rights?

授予专利的标准是什么？

I just mentioned the ones that are patented, so you can find them through the USPTO.

我刚才提到的获得专利的发明，大家可以在美国专利商标局官网上找到。

And in particular, we have a reverence for his patents.

尤其对他申请到的专利，有着崇高的敬意。

Or at least, patents in China are probably less valuable than those in America or Europe.

或者至少可以说，中国专利的含金量很可能没有美国或欧洲的高。

Feelings of righteous indignation, it seems, are not the preserve of people alone.

不公平而引起的愤怒感似乎不是人类的专利。

She wears red patent shoes, and her mantra is that one scarf is nice but two is better.

她穿红色的带专利的鞋子，她的格言是，一条围巾固然很美，但是两条会更好。

But it was always like that with women.

但这是女人的专利。

Li doesn't have a patent on photos of the elderly.

李没有老年人照片的专利。

Meaningless prose is not only the preserve of artificial intelligence.

毫无意义的散文不仅是人工智能的专利。

They say patents are important incentives for innovation.

他们表示，专利是创新的重要激励手段。

In fact, concern about privacy is not a preserve of the rich.

事实上，关注隐私不是富人的专利。