pls help to translate below sentence

pls help to translate below sentence

before the compound went generic in the mid-1990s.

pls explain what the mean of "went generic"

tks alot

问答/111℃/2025-02-22 17:39:55

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你知道patents是什么吗?

如果你编造一个compound,然后有那个patent,别人不可以用你做得东西.

比方说 如果我编造了药,别的公司不可以卖因为国家不让他们.如果有patent,别的公司几年后就可以卖.

went generic就是说 现在 别的公司可以卖你编造的compound

如果你看不懂,我用英文.

The sentence has to do with patents, which are like copyrights, but they apply to inventions. So if you invent a compound and have a patent on it, other people can't manufacture that compound.

For example, let's say I invented a medicine, and get a 20-year patent on it. Then nobody else can copy and sell my medicine for the next 20 years. After 20 years, the medicine's patent expires. This is what they meant by the compound "going generic"– the patent expired and anybody can legally manufacture it.

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