Throughout the history of China, it has always been a heavy text, for what inventions and creations, that is more and more less important, to the Qing Dynasty basically did not need any inventions and creations, the only protection measures, that is, to strictly prohibit textile technology and papermaking to spread to foreign countries, this is all for trade.

If you want to say when the imperial court encourages people to invent and create, after the fall of the Mo family, there will be no more, because in the eyes of the ancients, only those who have no interest do this, and those who have the potential should read the sage books, if you invent any tools that are easy to use, then everyone will use them, as for who invented it, no one will care, anyway, it is not a dog, or a cat, because this must be done by inferior people.

The Patent Act is undoubtedly intended to break this tradition, and the Patent Act is designed to protect inventions and encourage people to invent and create.

Before that, Han Yi had already let out the wind to promote the patent bill.

Those old-fashioned scholars and doctors are too lazy to scold, because when the sage six schools and the system were reformed, both sides argued, and there was no fight for Han Yi at that time, not to mention now, now Han Yi is a Shangshu Ling!

But businessmen are looking forward to it!

Because according to the news revealed by Han Yi, the patent bill seems to have been promulgated for the industrial and commercial community.

But after the enactment of the Patent Act, everyone was dumbfounded!

It's not as simple as everyone thinks.

But they don't want to think about it, if it's just that simple, it will take so long, it has been ten years since Han Yi proposed the patent bill.

The Patent Act divides patent applications into very detailed categories.

If you can't popularize the whole country in a short period of time, then the imperial court will first give policy support to help you attract investment, and even tax exemption to ensure that merchants can make money while the people can buy cheap new rice seeds. But if that doesn't work, the imperial court will pay to buy out these technologies, and then use them to popularize the whole country and benefit the people.

This has similarities and differences with Wu Meiniang's new policy, Wu Meiniang's new policy is to forcibly return some technologies that are beneficial to the people to the imperial court, and then popularize them throughout the country.

But Han Yi's new policy is not the case, these can benefit the people of the world, and the people can use the technology, must be popularized, but the imperial court will judge according to the situation, whether to buy out the technology with money, or to support the policy, about this, the patent bill clearly stipulates that policy support first, that is, the imperial court tries not to compete with the people for profit, and some inventions and creations that must be bought out have also been listed, the most important thing is weapons, if the people invent new weapons, not to the court, who do you plan to give? This is treason!

But the patent fee for weapons is very high, although there is only one buyer for the imperial court, but if you can invent a new weapon, the imperial court will definitely make you rich.

In addition, it is necessary to pay the patent tax, and this patent tax is also divided into levels.

Some revolutionary technological breakthroughs, especially in production, such as water-powered spinning machines, if patented, would result in a royalty tax of 10% on the profits generated.

In fact, this is also based on stamp duty, but the ordinary stamp duty is very low and cannot reach as much as one percent.

Then there are some commodity technology patents, and if new goods are to be patented, the imperial court will collect 20% to 30% of the tax from the profits.

However, based on the date when the patent office opens, only the technology that you alone own in the market can apply for a patent, otherwise, you will not be eligible to apply, for example, the string technology, many people know, if you want to apply, then the rest of the production of bowstrings will not have to close.

The maximum monopoly period can reach ten years, but it also depends on the situation, drug patents are beneficial to the people, and the people must use them, and the monopoly period is relatively short, because this is a huge profit, give you a monopoly for ten years, it is impossible, at most five years.

In addition, many patents are subject to price restrictions, if you don't restrict this, once monopolied, then you can increase the price at will, the monopoly is originally the world to buy your family, and you also raise the price, which is too greedy, and it is not conducive to economic development, it will cause social chaos.

Not only that, if someone uses your patent as a basis to invent a new technology, or a new product, and applies for a new patent, then you can get a 30% share of the other party's patent fees. For example, if the Yuan family uses the invention of the Cao brothers to create a new hydraulic loom, then the hydraulic weaving will produce all the benefits in terms of patents, and the Cao brothers can get a share of 30% of it, with a period of three years.

In other words, as long as your patent is used by everyone, and on this basis, you apply for a new patent, then you can lie down and eat, and don't think about things.

This is actually very fair, as long as you have this ability, this money deserves to be earned!

Han Yi is to stimulate everyone to invent and create to the greatest extent, because now the Tang Empire is the first in the world, and this is the case in all aspects, today's West is still a barbaric society, and the Tang Empire can't copy other people's, everything has to be done by itself, not only that, many people want to come to Datang to steal technology, and Datang can only rely on himself step by step.

In order to avoid the leakage of technology, in the patent bill, it is also clearly stipulated that it is limited to the Central Plains, and craftsmen from regions, feudal countries, and other countries outside the Central Plains can come to the Central Plains with technology to apply for patents. However, no person in the Central Plains is allowed to leak technology to regions outside the Central Plains, including the Northwest Regions, on the grounds that the Northwest Regions are not affected by the Patent Act for the time being, after all, the systems on both sides are not the same, but the technology that is conducive to the development of the Northwest will still find a way to promote the technology to the Northwest.

Not only that, but the patent office will not publish the secret recipe to the public, but will only publish the product born from the patent and the usefulness of this technology, so that you can have a very deep understanding. You have to negotiate with the patent owner first, before you are qualified to see the secret recipe, and you must also guarantee it with property or guarantor, this guarantee is mainly to prevent technology leakage, because the Central Plains, the imperial court can still control, you don't have a patent, you can't produce these things, but Tubo, Tuyuhun, Tiele and other countries and regions, the Central Plains can't be controlled, after all, the surrounding areas are not rule of law countries, or legal areas, so the secret recipe can not be announced to the public.

Once it is found out and leaked, the consequences can be big or small, the imperial court will divide the patented technology into several levels, the highest level, you have to apply, first you have to prove that you are capable of protecting these secret recipes, and the people involved in the secret recipes have to be recorded, which is very, very strict, and very cumbersome.

At the minimum, the punishment is relatively light.

If the price of buying a patent is too great, or the process is very cumbersome, then people are too lazy to apply, but it affects the national strategy and trade technology, this must not be leaked, although sericulture is not a patent, but the Central Plains Dynasty has been protecting, this leakage, all the doors are possible, paper, porcelain, because these are able to bring wealth to the country.

However, this can only be delayed, it is impossible to completely prevent it, sooner or later it will still leak out, Han Yi just has to delay, and when the Tang Empire reaches another realm, it doesn't matter.

After the businessman learned about it, he was immediately dumbfounded, it turned out that this patent bill is so complicated, what is the secret will not be said for the time being, they don't understand it very well, but they can see the patent tax clearly, to put it mildly, the court still has to change the law to collect money!

So as soon as the patent office opened, businessmen poured in, but they didn't come to apply for patents, but to ask for clarification, and they all felt that this bill was rather cheating.

And Han Yi is already waiting for them here.

"Brother Han--- Brother Han, how can you apply for a patent--- how can you still collect money?"

"And it's so high, who would apply for this."

"Unfortunately, we have been waiting for the imperial court to enact a patent bill, and if this is the case, we will not apply for it."

......

Everyone, you say a word, I say a word, and express all kinds of dissatisfaction to Han Yi, what is the difference between you and Li Yifu in doing this.

Han Yi always kept smiling, and waited until their mouths were dry before saying, "You can not apply, it doesn't matter, and the court didn't say that you must apply." ”

Everyone looked at Han Yi at the same time, we don't apply, why do you get this patent office? Isn't this a waste of money?

Qian Dafang smiled and said, "We don't really understand what Brother Han means. ”

"The patent bill has been made very clear, and if you don't understand it, you can read it twice."

Han Yi rolled his eyes and said, "I said that you can't just look at the bad side for you and ignore the good side for you. If you apply for a patent, then the court will protect your invention and creation, and strictly prohibit anyone from taking your technology for profit, if someone steals your technology, as long as they make a profit from it, the court will punish him severely, and then your profits will be multiplied, which is very beneficial to you.

However, the imperial court does not need to spend money and material resources to do these things, you must know that the patent bill, but it covers the entire Central Plains region, which requires a large number of people to investigate, to examine, to protect your rights and interests, which of them does not cost money? Collecting patent tax is in line with the spirit of the contract, you don't pay the money, and the court has no obligation to help you protect your rights and interests.

And the fee is from your patent profits, 10% to 20% of the tax, you have been doing business for so many years, don't you count? You made the money first, and the court divided some of it, and this money was not available to you before, and the benefits all came from the patent bill, and the patent tax collected by the court was also used to protect your rights and interests. If the imperial court is not able to defend the patent you have applied for, then why should I make this patent bill? ”

"What Shang Shuling means is that we can also not apply for a patent?"

"Absolutely!"

Han Yi said with a smile: "The main purpose of this patent bill is to protect technology and encourage the development of technology. Like Feng Feilou's perfumes, paper, and ink, I don't plan to apply for a patent. ”

"What is this very specific technology?"

"Isn't it clear in the bill, about weapons, it's like bowstring technology, but this doesn't prevent you from occupying the market alone, the imperial court buys these technologies just to produce weapons for the army, not to make goods and compete with you for profit."

Yuwen Xiumi suddenly said: "What about my glue?" Should I apply for a patent? ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "It's up to you, of course you can apply for a patent, and the court will use the law to ensure that even if people know your secret recipe, they can't use it to make a profit, but it is limited to your secret recipe, the same effect, if people rely on other secret recipes to develop it, then it doesn't count, you have to think about it, whether you have a way to keep your secret recipe from leaking, and at the same time, you have to calculate, how much profit your patent can bring you, this needs to be considered by yourself." ”

He Ruohan was curious: "What about the Cao brothers' hydraulic spinning machine?" How much royalty should they pay"

"It should only take one percent!"

"Why?"

Han Yi said with a smile: "People's invention is a breakthrough, it is a technology that gives human inspiration, in the past, it was only used for waterwheel irrigation, at most it was used to grind noodles, and they took the lead in using water power to spin yarn, and to create a machine workshop, in other words, in the future, there may be people who use water power to weave, make clothes, smelt, and so on." The impact of this kind of technological breakthrough is huge, and the imperial court naturally has to help them, and the imperial court will strictly prohibit them from leaking their technology, because this is a high-level technology, not an ordinary technology. ”

Weaving? Clothing? Smelting?

Some people's eyes lit up when they heard it, but they didn't think of it, in other words, if this hydraulic spinning machine applied for a patent, then someone will definitely buy their technology, this patent is definitely profitable!

"Can we use this technology to spin?"

"Of course, you can, but you have to discuss with the Cao brothers, this is the power of the patent owner, the imperial court does not have this power, the imperial court's power is to maintain all the regulations of the patent law."

This said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, a small official entered the house, and reported: "Qi Shang Shu Ling, Sanmen Mountain Cao brothers and Meng Da ask to meet." ”

"Invite them in."

After a while, Meng Da and the Cao brothers came inside and respectfully saluted Han Yi.

The businessmen sitting next to him were all looking at the Cao brothers with envy.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

Han Yi nodded with a smile and explained the patent bill to them in person.

The Cao brothers didn't hesitate much, and agreed, Meng Da is Cui Ji's person, Cui Jijian is a cardinal minister, about the patent bill, they have long known, they think about it very clearly.

The reason is very simple, if the law only allows the Cao brothers to use this hydraulic spinning machine, this tax is a fart! Moreover, it is very cost-effective for people to buy their technology and develop other equipment, and there is an additional cost, in fact, it is very difficult for this water-powered spinning machine to be completely confidential.

In the final analysis, this patent bill is that the imperial court helps businessmen monopolize, and businessmen pay protection fees to the imperial court, which is essentially a collusion between officials and businessmen, but it is said to be high-sounding, and in the form of law, it is clearly stipulated, in addition, this also has an explanation for the people, if it is beneficial to the people of the world, the court will buy it to help the people.

However, Han Yi did not personally help him with the application procedures, but let the officials of the patent office be responsible, after all, Han Yi could not stay in the patent office every day, and he also had to see if these officials were competent.

It is a pity that the first historic patent was not completed today, because the patent office also has its own charter, and it is not Han Yi who has the final say, and after the application, he has to go to inspect.

However, the term and patent tax have been discussed by both parties, and the monopoly period is ten years, and the patent tax is charged at 10%.

The Cao brothers are very satisfied with this.

"Two Brother Cao, please stay."

As soon as the Cao brothers came out of the patent office satisfied, Yuwen Xiumi and a few businessmen stopped them.

"Already applied?"

Yuwen Xiumi said with a smile.

Cao Chun said: "Tomorrow, the Patent Office will have to send someone to inspect it." ”

"That's pretty much it!"

Yuwen Xiumi smiled and said, "The younger brother wants to cooperate with the two Cao brothers, I don't know if it's possible?" ”

Cao Chun was stunned, he was not familiar with Yuwen Xiumi at all!

Yuwen Xiumi said: "Brother Cao, it's really not that the younger brother wants to take advantage of you, think about it, after you apply for a patent, it doesn't mean that you can make more money, you first have to build more workshops, if you build like this, how slow it is, this patent still has a term, we pay for it, you give the technology, we can go to all parts of the country to build this kind of hydraulic workshop!" ”

Several merchants behind him also nodded.

Cao Chun groaned slightly, and couldn't help but look at Monda again.

Munda smiled: "We are also interested in this, but we still have some things today, and we will discuss them in detail after the patent application is successful." ”

"Okay, okay."

At this moment, I suddenly saw Mulberry coming over.

Yuwen Xiumi hurriedly shouted, "Brother Sangmu." ”

Sang Mu arched his hand and smiled: "It turned out to be Yuwen Gongzi!" ”

Yuwen Xiumi said: "Are you here to find Brother Han?" ”

Sang Mu shook his head and smiled: "No, I'm here to apply for a patent." ”

"What?"

Yuwen Xiumi immediately leaned over and said, "What kind of patent is it!" ”

Sang Mu sighed and said, "One of our craftsmen in Fengfeilou has invented a brand new kind of rammed earth, and I will apply for a patent here." ”

Feng Feilou got the invention!

Yuwen Xiumi, they suddenly had a light in everyone's eyes.