2021考研英語長難句復習（六）

　　

　　The Federal Circuit's action comes in the wake of a series of recent decisions by the supreme Court that has narrowed the scope of protections for patent holders.

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　　①The Federal Circuit"s action comes in the wake of a series of recent decisions by the supreme Court that has narrowed the scope of protections for patent holders.

　?、贚ast April, for example the justices signaled that too many patents were being upheld for "inventions" that are obvious.

　　③The judges on the Federal circuit are "reacting to the anti-patent trend at the Supreme Court", says Harold C. Wegner, a patent attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

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　?、僮?高法庭最近發(fā)布了一系列對專利持有者的保護范圍進行限制和縮小的判決，緊隨其后，聯(lián)邦巡回法院做出了以上判決。

　?、诒热?，去年四月法官們就認定太多的專利被授予了那些顯而易見的發(fā)明。

　　③專利律師兼喬治·華盛頓大學法學院教授 Harold C. Wegner 說，聯(lián)邦巡回法院的法官正在對最 高法院的反專利趨勢做出反應。