The team aims to get a patent for their invention with the university by next year.

该团队的目标是在明年之前在学校获得这一发明专利。

Whitney got a patent for his cotton gin in 1794.

1794 年，惠特尼的轧棉机获得了专利。

You go to the U.S. government and get a patent for something that you've invented.

你去美国政府，为你发明的东西申请专利。

Thomas Edison got a patent for it in the U.S. back in 1880, and the fundamentals haven't changed much since.

早在 1880 年， 托马斯·爱迪生 (Thomas Edison) 就在美国获得了它的专利，此后基本面没有太大变化。

They called it the " Graphophone, " and they of course went to the U.S. government and got a patent for their invention.

他们称之为“留声机”， 他们当然去了美国政府并为他们的发明申请了专利。

It goes to the government to get a patent for that drug so that nobody else can make that drug and sell it.

它去政府获得该药物的专利，以便其他人无法制造并销售该药物。

The reason you go and get a patent for your work is to protect it, to make sure that no one else steals it.

你为你的作品申请专利的原因是为了保护它，确保没有其他人窃取它。

Finally, in early February of 1876, Bell felt that he had a good idea, so he went to the U.S. government and tried to get a patent for his idea.

终于，在 1876 年 2 月上旬， 贝尔觉得自己有了一个好主意，于是他去了美国政府， 试图为他的想法申请专利。