He insists that firms must use their patents or lose them, "You can't just sit on your ass and give everyone the finger."

他坚称，公司必须使用他们的专利，否则将会失去他们：“你不能只自己坐下然后对别人指手画脚。”

Lemelson holds patents on machine-vision systems, an industrial robot, a fax machine, a copy machine, a tape-recorder drive, and a camcorder.

莱默逊有机器视觉系统、一个工业机器人、一台传真机、一台复印机、一台磁带记录器驱动器以及一台便携式摄像机的专利。

This is all the more so since these discussions almost inevitably turn to questions of prices, patents, intellectual property protection, and competition.

由于这些讨论几乎不可避免地涉及到价格、专利、知识产权保护和竞争等问题，这就更加突出了。

He held a number of patents for his many innovations.

他为他的许多革新申请了几项专利。

Culligan is the only water treatment equipments company who owns more than 200 patents globally.

康丽根是全球唯一一家拥有200多项专利技术的水处理产品商家。