Susan looked at the time, it was already about five o'clock, and if she received this batch of patent applications from the teenager, I am afraid that she would get at least seven or eight points.

She is a beautiful young woman, naturally family-oriented, and never likes to work overtime.

But when I thought of a half-year-old child, it was really not easy to come from such a far away place in China, plus Xiao Qi was very handsome and handsome, which was very pleasing to Susan's eyes, so he gritted his silver teeth: "Okay, your application will take time to process, if you don't mind, maybe it will take about two hours, okay?" ”

Xiao Qi was stunned, "Aren't you off work?" ”

Even if the vast majority of Americans are not lazy at work, when it is time to get off work, they leave as soon as they leave something, and no one can blame them.

He originally thought that Susan would accept the application materials first and ask him to come back tomorrow to deal with them together.

Although Susan is only a federal employee who is responsible for accepting applications, the steps to accept applications are quite complicated, and they need to be checked one by one to get Xiao Qi to confirm the signature, which is considered to have completed the first step of formal review.

For two hours, Susan still had to hurry up to finish it.

Susan laughed, "I'm willing to help you, little boy from China!" ”

It's normal not to work overtime, but it's not going to be objected to, and the U.S. government isn't idle enough to get scolded for federal employees working overtime.

"Then it's you!" Xiao Qi naturally couldn't ask for it.

It's a nice feeling to meet good people.

The next time, Susan devoted herself to work, except for going to the bathroom twice halfway, the two of them just sat at the desk, confirming the patent applications one by one, and waited until Susan filed the documents in a large box, and the time was already eight o'clock in the evening.

At this time. Not only on the third floor, but also in the entire building, there were not many people left, only a few security guards came by from time to time to take a look.

"It's finally done~~"

The beautiful young woman stretched her waist, revealing her infinite beauty again, which made Xiao Qi stunned.

Secretly compared with Mei Ji's classmates, Xiao Qi still couldn't help but shake his head: the difference between the Eastern and Western races. It still exists, no matter how big Mei Ji is, she can't compare with Susan, after all, the body, skeleton and body shape determine the difference...... If Tang Mingxiang grows so big, she has to be planted in the ground when she walks, but Susan is obviously holding up a pair of huge and moving freely.

"Hehe, am I pretty?" Looking at the young man's gaze, Susan, who was accustomed to the gaze of men. Asked with a smile.

"It's beautiful." Xiao Qi hurriedly withdrew his eyes, he was not a pervert, "Ahem, Sister Susan, it's the first time I've come to Alexandria, I don't know if it's an honor, could you please introduce a haode restaurant so that I can have dinner with you?" ”

"Giggle~~Okay......"

Susan looked at him. Nodding without thinking, "You go to Exit B and wait for me." I drove out. ”

Federal employees in the United States are suspected of dereliction of duty if no one else invites them to dinner, and this kind of personal relationship is as ordinary as that of China.

Susan is very beautiful and has a good figure, but Xiao Qi really doesn't mean anything else. People have worked overtime for so long, and one point is definitely right.

During the meal, by the way, you can also ask Susan about the specific application process and time, which is information that others can't get.

Not to mention. Dining with a beautiful woman should be a beautiful thing.

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Susan is a very gracious and likable young woman, and she chose a local restaurant with a rustic environment, steak and apple pie, and an inexpensive price.

Because Xiao Qi likes Susan's kindness very much, he also uses all his skills to make Susan Jiao laugh with the jokes he heard in the United States.

Some people watch what they say on TV or on the Internet, and think that American women are the kind of people who can go to open a room after meeting and chatting a few words.

Actually, it's not so exaggerated.

They are just very good at expressing themselves, good at communicating and communicating.

If you have to think that you can hunt for beauty in the United States, I'm sorry, your excellency has watched too many aiqing action movies.

Susan is the same, in the process of laughing with Xiao Qi, her eyes are very clear, there is not much else at all, just chatting and eating like friends.

So the two-hour meal was very pleasant, and Susan told Xiao Qi a lot about the Patent and Trademark Office.

Originally, Xiao Qi thought that although the procedure for applying for a patent was complicated, it would not take long.

However, when chatting with Susan over dinner, I found that there have been a lot of patent applications in the United States in recent years, reaching 450,000 last year and 150,000 in the first three months of this year.

The staff of the Patent and Trademark Office is limited, so the examination period of these patent applications has become very long, even if Australia, EU countries and other countries are invited to help them classify them, but a patent from the application to the final approval, it takes a year is not a very long time.

Xiao Qi smiled bitterly when he heard it.

Fortunately, the examination process is very transparent, and if the patent he applied for has already been applied for in advance, it will be known in about half a year, and he will be completely abandoned.

This means that after half a year, you will be able to know whether your patents overlap with other companies.

If there is overlap, it is naturally useless.

But even if there is no overlap, don't rejoice too soon, because if the Patent and Trademark Office thinks that the description of your patent creation is not reasonable enough, or the claims you make are not reasonable enough, it will reject your patent claim.

Of course, generally speaking, if it is a unique creation of one's own, the requirements are not so excessive, and the application is rejected and then the application is rejected...... After going back and forth a few times, it can generally be passed, but it may not be a year, but two or three years.

Xiao Qi didn't have so much time to wait for the patent examination, and he left his contact information, so he only needed to answer the patent examiner's investigation calls and notification calls at that time, and if something happened, he flew directly to the United States, which was only a day's time.

I hope everything goes well, I don't expect to achieve a patent monopoly, I just want to be able to restrain each other with several major companies at that time, and no one should come to pit themselves.

The next morning, the teenager who was on the plane to New York again thought to himself. (To be continued.) )