Gu Mojie was used to brushing utility models in his previous life, but he didn't invent them much, and the things he wrote had no confidential value, so he didn't know much about the small skills in the application process and the differences in the process between the two. It wasn't until Feliro told him that it dawned on him.

In the application process of a utility model, there are only two key dates, one is called the filing date and the other is called the grant announcement date. The former is the day when the right holder files an application for rights, and the latter is the day when the State Patent Office feels that it can be publicly authorized after reviewing the materials.

Compared with utility models, the invention application process has an additional key date, called the publication date.

After the filing date, the utility model cannot be withdrawn, and when it comes to the date of the grant announcement, it will be announced to the whole society. The period during which the invention is allowed to withdraw is the period between the filing date and the publication date, which is commonly known as the "regret period". During the regret period, the technical details of the invention are kept secret, including those of the patent office, which has only a specification of the time required for the invention and no technical details on how to implement it.

The regret period is up to 18 months, but it can be shortened if the right holder wishes. If you are not ready to regret it, you can apply for the end of the regret period and enter the publicity stage after submitting it for a while. That's what Gu Mojie did for the invention he sold before, so he didn't notice the regret period system at all.

Why do the laws of various countries include such a setting? To put it bluntly, this is to better protect the technology giants who are far ahead of all mankind for many years.

Because an invention patent has a term of protection, after you successfully apply for a patent, it is not a permanent protection, but only 20 years. Twenty years later, this technology will become an open technology that can be used by all human beings for free.

And some large companies have unique technologies that are more than 20 years ahead of all mankind. At this point, they will consider: Do you want to apply for a patent? Do you want to bet on how long it will take for humanity to overtake me? If I don't apply, in case of a mistake in the estimation, will someone else steal the plane and overtake?

At this time, the clause of "regret period" in the law comes into play. With a regret period, the technology giants will not hesitate to choose to apply first, and then leave it for 17 months to see if human beings have no intention of surpassing it; If not, then he exercises his right of remorse, withdraws his application and reapplies - again with a 18-month regret period.

Theoretically, if you're 50 years ahead of all of humanity, then you should repeat the application-withdrawal process every year and a half, and so on for thirty-three rounds, until you've been using this unique technology for forty-nine and a half years, and when you estimate that humanity is about to surpass you, then you can apply for thirty-fourth time - and then don't revoke it this time, just let it pass.

In this way, you were only 50 years ahead of humanity, but now you can use that advantage for 69 and a half years. The extra 19 and a half years are what your lawyer earned for you. Although you paid an extra 33 rounds of attorney's fees for the extra 19 and a half years (the application was withdrawn after the application was withdrawn, and the attorney's fees were collected correctly and in full).

Moreover, those supergiants with advanced technology in the world often use this trick to play "patent submarines".

On the bright side, it seems that some technology is not held by humans, and it is a blank slate. Later competitors will be lured by the blank and invest R&D energy and money in this field. And the giants who buried the submarine will wait until the opponent is about to kick the door, or even have made a major breakthrough, to submit the application; It was only then that these patented submarines within the secrecy period suddenly surfaced:

I'm sorry, someone has already applied for this patent before you, but it's been kept secret, and you're late.

In this way, the opponent who has smashed R&D funds in vain and has not obtained patents will be greatly damaged and even collapsed. The most famous case in this field is the battle between Boeing and Douglas.

In the battle for "man's first wide-body airliner" at the end of the 60s (Boeing's original wide-body airliner was the Boeing 747). Boeing has buried a lot of secret patented submarines in many subdivided technical details. This illusion caused Douglas not to despair in advance and break his wrist, but to fight to the last moment with the rhythm of Boeing; It wasn't until the funds burned and the blood dried up that Douglas suddenly realized: he didn't have a chance in the first place, and people deliberately pretended to run slowly, showing weakness to lure you to chase hard, so that when you were chasing, the blood circulation would speed up and bleed more.

It was too late, and Douglas became a corpse, becoming part of what would later be McDonnell Douglas. Later, McDonnell Douglas became part of Boeing. Even if you were originally the world's second-largest company in a certain field, you could be killed directly if you were hit by this kind of cluster depth charge.

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Gu Mojie doesn't have that much ambition, and he doesn't plan to play with people about the patented submarine that never stops. Why bother, he came to Su Boer, originally to make a quick buck and make money in harmony. Therefore, after letting Feliro apply for those three inventions, Gu Mojie endured his hatred for the skin and spent two days with Su Xianhe of Supor.

After confirming that the other party did not sincerely buy his own invention, but prepared a copycat, Gu Mojie made a killer move.

He came to Su Boer again, and in front of Su Xianhe, Zhang Tuohai and Liu Zecheng, he presented an application for a three-point invention patent, which was three days ago and the fifth day after their initial negotiations.

"Manager Su, Manager Zhang. I think it's better for us to talk openly and honestly. I know the efficiency of your imitation, and for the sake of safety, I went to the Patent Office to formally file my application three days ago. At present, those technologies are still in the confidentiality period, but if any latecomer is ready to apply, the inventions in the three applications will surface as soon as possible. ”

Listening to Gu Mojie's words and looking at the evidence accepted by the patent office that Gu Mojie took out, Su Xianhe was directly stunned. Because the copycat process he planned by himself has also started, not counting the energy spent by the engineers, and the money for the two molds has been invested. Gu Mojie's hand directly broke his cottage attempt.

"You...... Is this your sincerity in negotiating? You said that you were going to sell the authorship of the inventor to my company, and now you have applied for it in advance in your own name. ”

Of course, this does not affect my sincerity in the slightest. If you are genuine enough to continue the talks, I still have a way to make sure that you get the full patent, including the right of authorship - because as soon as you give the money, I will simply withdraw the application, and then you can fill in the blank as soon as possible. ”

Hearing this, Liu Zecheng, the technical director, couldn't afford to lose this person at all, so he directly excused himself for other business and flashed people. Just let Gu Mojie talk to Su Xianhe and Zhang Tuohai.

However, Liu Zecheng's handshake is clear enough: Su Boer must win these patents today.

Perhaps for other companies, these technologies are not worth these premiums now, but Su Boer's situation is very special. They moved to Qiantang last year because they didn't want to stay in a small place anymore and be labeled as "township enterprises becoming bigger", just to facilitate their efforts to go public. According to Su Boer's schedule, next year is a must to be listed.

For companies seeking to go public, it is necessary to prove to the market that their core competitiveness and technological originality are even the smallest evidence. Whether these technologies are "technology introduction" or "independent innovation" need to be compared, and every word must be considered. At this time, it is not important to give more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan.

Su Xianhe withered a smile and survived an embarrassing meeting time, and in the end, he relied on his deputy Zhang Tuohai to understand and help bargain, and won the full set of skills at Gu Mojie's hand. And this time, Gu Mojie withdrew his application only after asking for funds to be in place, and Su Boer's people could only accept these requests in full.

After the matter was completed, Gu Mojie calculated that he had a total of more than 700,000 funds, which could be in place in September. And Su Boer spent a total of 800,000 yuan, and the extra 100,000 yuan was the human resource cost and mold cost of Su Xianhe's thief who wanted to try it out by himself, and the result was cast.

And if Su Boer had bought it directly from the beginning, Gu Mojie would have even packaged and sold it as long as the other party was 600,000. The reason why it became 700,000 later, on the one hand, was certainly a punishment for Su Boer's undead thief, and on the other hand, it was also because he asked Fei Liluo to apply for an additional round - withdrew a round, resulting in tens of thousands of dollars more in the agency fee to the law firm.

Playing the Application-Withdrawal game is expensive and requires a large amount of legal fees. This is also why those inventions that have no market value, only the value of the title are never eligible to be played.

Su Xianhe's death cost the company 200,000 yuan.

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After paying the money, Gu Mojie was already in Zhang Luo to officially open a company, and then went to open a school. And Su Xianhe is still trying to regain the favor of the top in mourning.

Zhang Tuohai's performance in the negotiations, because he was relatively dovish, Gu Mojie's friendliness to him was also more obvious.

In addition, Zhang Tuohai is obviously from a technical nerd, and the salary given to him by Siemens was lower than that of his German counterparts, so he was able to resign and return to China with great backbone, which shows that his emotional intelligence is really not high. In Supor for a year, in order to transform and expand, he also offended many people.

After the aftermath of the incident gradually subsided, Su Xianhe began to seize the opportunity and went to the technical director Liu Zecheng to give eye medicine:

"Mr. Liu, our original decision was all about saving money for the company. With my negotiation skills and eloquence, it is completely possible to drag Gu Mojie to make him not suspicious for half a month! Gu Mojie didn't think of applying for revocation before, which shows that he is not an old man. The reason why I changed my hexagram to apply for it later, I made an unannounced visit and found that it seemed that Zhang Tuohai had a private connection with that Gu Mojie...... It must have been him who leaked the information that the company was preparing a copycat to the other party. After the two sides negotiated, at the celebration banquet, Gu Mojie also had a lot of affection for Zhang Tuohai! ”

Of course, Su Xianhe's original words could not be so straightforward and explicit, but this is the meaning. After hearing this, Liu Zecheng did not criticize him or agree with him, but just expressed a meaning lightly:

If Zhang Tuohai goes down, you will pick up the research and development work of the new market division? Can you provoke it? Before the company was successfully listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Zhang Tuohai, a person with real skills, could not move.

Su Xianhe understood that Mr. Liu also didn't like those young people who broke the unspoken rules of seniority. It can't be crowded out now, that is, after the successful listing......

"That's it, let your kid be crazy for another two years."