Full of enthusiasm, he travelled to Washington DC to file his plans with the patent office.

他满怀热情地前往华盛顿特区向专利局提交他的计划。

He had to work at a patent office; which, OK, that's not theoretical physics, and we're talking about Einstein here.

他不得不在专利局的办公室工作，不过，那跟理论物理没什么关系， 我们讨论的是爱因斯坦。

And they've kept the patent office busy.

他们让专利局忙个不停。

Ten years later, it required that all medicines be sold with information describing its risks and benefits to the patent office.

十年后，它要求所有药品在出售时都要向专利局提供描述其风险和收益的信息。

It's a two-way conversation between the patent office and industry.

这是专利局和行业之间的双向对话。

Doug had an idea of how the patent office had gotten it wrong.

道格知道专利局是如何犯错的。

He got a response from the patent office.

他从专利局收到了回复。

Ye, and bell beat gray to the patent office by a matter of hours.

是啊, Bell比Gray早几个小时向专利局申报。

You're going back to the office to file an interference claim with the patent office.

你马上回办公室去向专利局递交一份抵触声明。

In this case, Doug could just ask the patent office for a reexamination, which is exactly what he did.

在这种情况下，道格只能向专利局提出复审请求，而他也正是这么做的。