Right now, the patent system is like a black box.

现在，专利制度就像一个黑匣子。

But when Robert Langer and Judah Folkman tried to patent this new polymer-controlled release delivery system, they were turned down five times.

但是当罗伯特·兰格和犹达·福克曼试图为这种新型聚合物控制释放输送系统申请专利时，他们被拒绝了五次。

Luckily, the patent system has a mechanism for dealing with this problem.

幸运的是，专利制度有一个处理这个问题的机制。

He said the importance of the U.S. patent system “has never been greater.”

他说美国专利制度的重要性“前所未有”。

But a reimagined patent system would resurrect and evolve this simple, yet elegant proposition.

但是，一个重新构想的专利制度将复活并发展这个简单而优雅的命题。

It is time to reimagine a patent system that reflects that knowing.

现在是重新构想反映这种认识的专利制度的时候了。

We can create a modern patent system to meet the needs of a 21st-century society.

我们可以创建一个现代专利制度来满足 21 世纪社会的需要。

The original intention behind the patent system was to motivate people to invent by rewarding them with a time-limited monopoly.

专利制度背后的初衷是通过限时垄断奖励人们进行发明创造。

And to do that, we need to reimagine the patent system to serve the public, not just corporations.

为此， 我们需要重新构想专利制度以服务公众，而不仅仅是公司。

There are many reasons for this crisis, but one is the outdated patent system that America tries to export to the rest of the world.

造成这场危机的原因有很多，但其中一个原因是美国试图向世界其他地区出口的过时的专利制度。

The whole point of the patent system is to incentivize innovation, to give inventors a little 20-year monopoly as a reward for coming up with a new idea.

专利制度的全部目的是激励创新，给予发明者20年的一点垄断权，作为提出新想法的奖励。

(Laughter) But truth be told, I was actually there to talk about a problem -- how our outdated patent system is fueling the high cost of medicines and costing lives.

（笑声） 但老实说，我实际上是来讨论一个问题的——我们过时的专利制度是如何推高药品成本并夺去生命的。

He wanted India's scientists and entrepreneurs to think about their discoveries as valuable intellectual property - inventions that they could sell in the global marketplace if they would only use the new global patent system.

他希望印度的科学家和企业家将他们的发现视为有价值的知识产权——如果他们只使用新的全球专利制度，他们就可以在全球市场上出售这些发明。

And while that may sound like it could have a stifling effect on innovation, the way the patent system works, if someone actually does innovate on some existing piece of knowledge, the library shouldn't keep them from getting a patent.

虽然这听起来可能会对创新产生抑制作用，但根据专利制度的运作方式，如果有人确实对某些现有知识进行了创新，图书馆不应该阻止他们获得专利。