在这篇文章里一个would再加一个转折but 就能让读者自己推出结论来
If early judicial decisions were prejudiced against patentees, one
might expect that subsequent courts—allegedly
more supportive of patent rights—would reject 假定质疑成立,推测可能出现的结果
the former legal precedents. But pre-1830
cases have been cited as frequently as later
decisions, and they continue to be cited today, 但是实际上后来的法官也不断引用之前的案子,说明之前的是公正的
suggesting that the early decisions, many of
which clearly declared that patent rights were
a just recompense for inventive ingenuity,
provided a lasting foundation for patent law.