1. Patents provide exclusive use of inventions. 专利提供发明的专有使用权。
2. Monsanto argues that its patents extend to later generations. 孟山都公司认为它的专利延伸到了后代。
3. Last year a federal task-force urged reform for patents related to genetic tests. 去年,一个联邦特别工作组敦促对基因检测相关的专利进行改革。
4. The three common types of legal protection are patents, copyrights, and trademarks. 三种常见的法律保护类型是专利、版权和商标。
5. Companies had won patents for isolated DNA for decades—by 2005 some 20% of human genes were patented. 几十年来,许多公司都获得了分离 DNA 的专利——到2005年,大约20%的人类基因都已获取专利。