【句子讲解】本句是复合句。主句由“主语(Federal Circuit——s action)+谓语(comes)”构成;介词短语 in the wake of a series of decisions 做时间状语，介词短语 by the Supreme Court 作decision 的后置定语。That引导的定语从句，修饰 the Supreme Court ; 从句中that 代替先行词the Supreme Court 作主语，谓语has narrowed 使用了现在完成式，宾语是the scope of protection，介词短语for patent holders 作protections 的后置定语。

 

　　【词汇注释】in the wake of sb.\sth.“随……之后而来;跟随在……后【例】A group of reporters followed in the wake of her .一群记者跟在她的身后。Supreme a.最高的，最重要的 supremacy n.至高无上，最大权利【例】It was supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。

 

　　2 Last April ,For example ,the justices signaled that too many patents were being upheld for “inventions ”that are obvious. 例如，去年4月法官们曾表明，太多显而易见的发明被授予了专利权。

 

　　【句子讲解】本句是复合句。主句的主语the justices，谓语是signaled，that 引导的宾语从句作signaled 的宾语。Last April为主句的时间状语，For example作为插入语。宾语从句的主语是too many patents，谓语是were being upheld for，使用了过去进行时的被动语态，宾语为“inventions”，that 引导的定语从句，修饰inventions ; 从句中，that 代替先行词 inventions作主语，are是系动词，obvious 作表语。

 

　　【词汇注释】justices n.法官;公平;公正;司法制度;法律制裁【例】He was only the sixth unmarried justice of the court. 他是联邦最高法院第六位终身未婚的法官。Signal v . 表示;表达;显示;标志;n 信号;预示 a 重大的 【例】He signaled his discontent by refusing to vote .他拒绝投票以示不满。Uphold v. 维持，确认，维护，支持【例】The judge upheld the lower court——s decision .法官维持初级法院的判决。

 

　　3 The judges on the Federal Circuit are “reacting to the anti-patent trend at the Supreme Court”,says Harold C. Wegner, a patent attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School .联邦巡回法院的法官“正式对最高法院反专利潮流作出反应”专利律师兼乔治华盛顿大学法学院教授哈罗德·C·韦格纳说道。

 

　　【句子讲解】本句为简单句 ，由“主语(The judges)+谓语(are reacting to)+宾语(the anti-patent trend )”构成。介词短语 on the Federal Circuit 和 at the Supreme Court分别做judge 和trend的后置定语。says Harold C. Wegner为插入语，名词短语a patent attorney and professor 作 Harold C. Wegner的同位语，其中介词短语at George Washington University Law School 作professor 的后置定语。从逻辑角度而言，本句中的直接引语作says 的宾语。