Applying for a patent is only a means, and asking for government funding is the goal.

After some mention by the small capitalists, Dr. Klinsmann, director of the Berlin R&D Center of NB Laboratory, understood what "unity is strength" and what it means to "use the spear of the son and the shield of the attacker".

According to the relevant laws of West Germany and the asset disposal plan promulgated by the Trusteeship Bureau, the hundreds of "ideologically tainted" R&D personnel of the Berlin R&D Center of the NB Laboratory, headed by him, have the right to demand that the new government return the patents that should have belonged to them.

For the West German Patent Office and the West German research associations, more than 1,000 patents are nothing, not even half of the number of applications filed annually by the Eastern Consortium.

However, these patents have been previously registered, but not by the Federal German Patent Office, but by the former German Democratic Republic Office for Invention and Patent Affairs.

Before the Berlin Wall was torn down, ordinary East Germans risked being shot if they wanted to go to West Germany, but the two governments were not incompatible. There was a lot of exchange between them, the general secretary of the Political Unity Party, Honeck, visited Bonn, economically imported West German garbage, borrowed West German loans, and even East German products were tariff-free in the member states of the European Community, led by West Germany.

There is also an exchange of intellectual property rights, with West German companies using the patents of the East German Office for Invention and Patent Affairs to a greater or lesser extent.

Once these more than 1,000 patent applications are approved, it means that the ownership of the patent is transferred, which means that it will lead to a series of infringement lawsuits. Because the previous royalties were not paid to the real patent owners, but to the former Socialist Unity government.

They are all well-known experts and professors in the academic world, and the ownership of patent rights is indisputable.

This would stump the Federal Patent Office, which had just merged with the former East German Invention and Patent Office, and it would be illegal not to approve a patent application, and to approve it would be more troublesome.

As for amending the law, that's a fool's dream. The predecessor of the Federal German Patent Office was the former German Imperial Patent Office, and the predecessor of the former German Imperial Patent Office was the German Patent and Trademark Office, which was founded in 1877.

In desperation, representatives of the West German Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Scientific Research, the Patent Office and the three major societies once again met with Dr. Klinsmann, Director of the Berlin R&D Center of the NB Laboratory, Dr. Markus, Director of the Academic Committee of the Berlin Research Center of the NB Laboratory, and Dr. Christian and Dr. Frederick.

After nearly a year of being wronged, Dr. Klinsmann was finally able to raise his eyebrows and roar with his hands and feet: "Gentlemen, this has nothing to do with politics or money, it is an honor and dignity for us, and it is an affirmation of our decades of efforts for the development of science!" If there are legal provisions, please talk to our lawyers, do not insult our noble personality in this way, and do not question our rigorous academic spirit! ”

"Doctor, please don't get excited, we have never questioned your academic spirit, let alone insulted your noble personality, in fact, we sincerely admire your academic achievements. However, we have to consider a series of commercial disputes that may result from the return of patents. ”

For this hysterical little old man, the representative of the patent office was completely out of control, wiped the saliva that had been sprayed on his face, put on glasses and pretended to look through the documents, and asked the representatives of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Scientific Research to accompany him to mess around.

"There should also be a deadline for consideration!"

Dr. Christian, a former professor of physics at the Karl Marx University (University of Leipzig), snorted coldly and said with impunity: "Gentlemen, if the government deliberately delays the patent examination, then we will have to resort to the law." ”

Was there a law in the former GDR? Does the United Socialist Party have laws? The representative of the scientific research department was made ridiculous, and he really didn't know how to speak.

They were all over the GDR, many of their party members were their students, and they had no popular indignation, much less evil deeds, and they could not deal with them in the same way that the former central leaders of the United Socialist Party were concerned. Thinking that the more uproar there would be, the more supporters they would have, the representative of the Ministry of Education had to put down his body: "Dr. Klinsmann, Dr. Christian, gentlemen here, allow me to apologize to you on behalf of the Evaluation Committee for the inappropriate assessment that was made earlier. Before I came, I was authorized by Mr. Minister that as long as you withdraw your patent application, you can go to the university and continue to work on the research you like. ”

Now that I'm talking about this, what did I do earlier?

Dr. Klinsmann shook his head and said meaningfully: "Mr. Hans, the point is that I don't want to be evaluated again, and I'm happy with the current research institute. ”

"And you're asking for federal and state funding?"

"This is our power, and of course, you also have the right to refuse appropriations."

The representative of the Max Planck Association proposed: "Doctor, we can bring your R&D center into the association, but we need to eliminate some duplicate research projects and make some adjustments to the management and operation mechanism. ”

"What's the difference between this and Mr. Hans's proposal?"

I'd rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, Dr. Klinsmann is not interested in being pointed at by them, not to mention that NB Electric has invested so much money, how can it disappoint the small capitalist in the charter.

German research institutes are almost exclusively funded by the government and companies, and there are many sources of funding. Two-thirds of the funding comes from corporations and publicly-funded research commissions, and one-third comes from the federal and state governments, which is the most common.

In particular, at least 40% of the funds are used for non-commercial research and development in the future, so as to ensure that German research is always at the leading level.

There are thousands of research institutes, large and small, and there is no more than him, and no less than him. From this point of view, Dr. Klinsmann's request is not excessive.

The source of capital of NB Electric, the investor of the R&D center, also cannot be used as a reason for refusal, first, NB Electric (Germany) GmbH is a legally registered German company; Second, the projects studied hardly involve national security; Third, Britain did not deliberately obstruct the reunification of the two Germanys, and as a major member of the European Community, Germany could not resist the capital of the British colonies. In addition, once a federal and state grant is granted, the site is subject to government regulation and compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

Outside the building, there were hundreds of protesters holding banners, and the matter had developed to this point, which had nothing to do with NB Electric, and was completely a dispute between East German and West German academia.

Their attitude is very clear, if you dissolve my institute, then I will form another one, you can dissolve the official one, and you have no right to interfere with the unofficial one.

As for whether or not to allocate funds, it is not up to any one person to decide. For this reason, Dr. Klinsmann's disciples lobbied almost all the political parties in East Germany, and if they wanted to gain support from the educational and scientific communities, they had to side with the East Germans.

The representative of the scientific research department realized that there would definitely be a big problem if such a stalemate continued, and after weighing it several times, he raised his head and said: "Dr. Klinsmann, the scientific research department can consider providing part of the funding to the Berlin R&D center of the NB laboratory, but the Berlin R&D center of the NB laboratory will be reviewed twice a year like the West German research institute, such as the amount of project funding obtained from enterprises, the number of funds obtained from the European Community, the number of patents, customer satisfaction, the technology and results provided, and the personnel situation is not up to standard. The Ministry of Scientific Research will have the right to suspend the appropriation. ”

To put it bluntly is to let a research institute composed almost entirely of former East German researchers compete with the deep-rooted West German research institutes.

The representative of the patent office reacted suddenly, nodded again and again: "This is a more reasonable plan, I don't think there is any problem." ”

Dissolution of research institutes, dismissal of researchers, non-recognition of East German qualifications......

The bane was planted by the Ministry of Education, and the representative of the Ministry of Education, of course, did not have an opinion, and also echoed: "The Ministry of Education can provide a batch of equipment and instruments from the former East German Institute, and if the evaluation is not up to standard, it also has the right to take it back." ”

Really high standards and high demands, but if you want to gain a foothold in the German research community in the future, you have to accept this challenge.

In fact, the small capitalists had anticipated this for a long time, and even decided to make it one of the businesses of NB Electric's overseas department to pull commissioned R&D orders. As long as there is sufficient funding, there are not enough personnel to recruit, not enough equipment can be purchased, not to mention the support of several universities in Hong Kong.

Dr. Klinsmann was full of confidence in the future, and was holding back his strength to make a career for his old West German opponents to see, so he was naturally not frightened, and agreed without hesitation: "Gentlemen, as long as there are sufficient funds, as long as the evaluation is objective and fair, we can withdraw all the previous patent applications." ”

"Doctor, you're like a businessman."

Dr. Klinsmann was not angry, but asked with a smirk: "Mr. Hans, haven't you always wanted to turn us into merchants?" ”

Thinking of the ostracism he had received, Dr. Christian said indignantly: "No, Klinsmann, he wants to turn us all into beggars on handouts." ”

The Ministry of Education made the assessment really not very authentic, and Hans blushed and said stupidly: "All right, gentlemen, since we have reached a consensus, we should put aside those preconceptions." The federal government didn't let you down, but the state government still wants you to fight for it. ”

Federal government funding can only maintain normal expenses, and there is still a long way to go to get the R&D center really up and running.

In the next half month, scientists and engineers from the Berlin R&D Center of NB Labs poured out of their nests, lobbying for political parties, fighting for government-commissioned projects, and even the future German Chancellor Angela waved their flags for them, trying to leave a little vitality for the East German scientific research community.

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