Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

patent leverage

Chinese translation:

专利作用/专利杠杆作用

Added to glossary by Adsion Liu
Oct 24, 2008 21:09
15 yrs ago
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English term

patent leverage

English to Chinese Law/Patents Patents 专利检索
整句如下:

Building an understanding of the patents associated with a particular research topic, can provide us with a time savings from termination of unproductive efforts, improvement in quality of research results, or even better . . . **patent leverage**.

patent leverage 是指什么呢?整句是说.....节省用在......termination of unproductive efforts, improvement in quality of research results, or even better . . . **patent leverage** 所有这些方面的时间吗?

谢谢。

Discussion

Yurek Oct 25, 2008:
@ J.H. Wang: 同意你的观点,个人认为,patent leverage含“利用专利发挥杠杆作用”的意思,直译过来,有时颇有费解。
Jinhang Wang Oct 25, 2008:
The action of a lever.

The mechanical advantage of a lever.
Positional advantage; power to act effectively:
Jinhang Wang Oct 25, 2008:
严格的说,patent leverage 还不是“专利杠杆”的意思,而是作为杠杆发挥的作用,才比较准确。美国传统词典对leverage 的意思有如下解释,供参考:
Yurek Oct 25, 2008:
@ Adsion Liu: at first, puzzled by "..." before **patent leverage** , :-)
Jinhang Wang Oct 25, 2008:
东方兄说得对!
Adsion Liu (asker) Oct 25, 2008:
东方兄的理解不错,让我豁然开朗!谢谢。
Yurek Oct 25, 2008:
@orientalhorizon: I see, thank you!
orientalhorizon Oct 25, 2008:
{Building....},{[can provide us with] [1. a time savings from termination of unproductive efforts], [2. improvement in quality of research results], [3. or even better patent leverage.]
Yurek Oct 25, 2008:
Building an understanding of the patents associated with a particular research topic, can provide us with a time savings from termination of unproductive efforts, improvement in quality of research results, 【or even better patent leverage】.
Yurek Oct 25, 2008:
u r sure this is one complete sentense?
Yurek Oct 25, 2008:
or even better . . . **patent leverage**: nothing omitted?
Adsion Liu (asker) Oct 25, 2008:
感谢各位的热情帮助.注意,这儿 patent leverage 有"专利杠杆"一解这是肯定,但更重要的问题是 patent leverage 与前面的"time savings from" 在此句子结构中怎么联系,整个句子怎么组织可顺理成章而严密可缝?再谢!
clearwater Oct 24, 2008:
原句的意思是:因termination of unproductive efforts, improvement in quality of research results, or even better . . . patent leverage.,而为我们节省了时间。savings后面的from表示原因(因/由于)。

Proposed translations

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9 hrs
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专利作用/专利杠杆作用

好像这样译比较好些,供参考

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Note added at 9 hrs (2008-10-25 06:32:29 GMT)
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应该是说专利是撬动经济发展的杠杆,具有事半功倍的效果
Note from asker:
谢谢JH, 但整句结构怎么理解呢?
Peer comment(s):

agree enya
19 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "谢谢王先生!"
53 mins

专利优势

leverage:力量,手段;优势;影响
Note from asker:
Thanks for your quick answer, however how 专利优势 can lead to time savings is still out of my understanding. Your detailed explanation would be appreciated!
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4 hrs

专利的利用(采用),利用专利

FYI
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13 hrs

专利优势或专利促成作用

leverage在此表示支持的意思,即支持申请专利获得批准,而不是专利获得之后所给予的好处,所以不能叫“专利优势”。
当然,如果是借助已经得到的专利理解相关研究领域,那叫另当别论,应当理解成“专利优势”,主要是这里没有上下文,不敢随便 定夺。 但我的回答对于提出问题者,肯定是给定了答案,因为只有他知道上下文。
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2 days 18 hrs

专利整合

“整合”这个词似乎挺好的。
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