∷ Shuha Novel: Novel

Since his father-in-law had a life, Sun Yuanqi had no choice but to endure the temptation of Xiao Biesheng's newlywed, and obediently walked into the study with Arthur after dinner to write a patent application.

According to the U.S. Patent Act, an inventor must file a description, reproduction, and declaration with the Patent Office when filing a patent application. The most important of these is the instruction manual. In the applicant's specification, it is necessary to include the title of the invention, a description of the invention, a description of the means and means of making and using the invention, and the best way for the inventor to carry out his invention, etc., to the extent that it is sufficient to enable a person with general expertise to carry out the invention. In addition, the applicant must clearly and specifically state in the specification the scope of the patent protection he is claiming.

Because the content of the application is quite complicated, any point that does not meet the legal requirements will be rejected by the patent office, so when Sun Yuanqi drafted the patent application, he had to need the assistance of Yasser, a doctor of law.

The two of them worked together and stayed up until the middle of the night to sort out this document. Arthur read the application from beginning to end again, and after confirming that it was correct, he nodded to Sun Yuan: "Very good, everything should be in order, there should be no problems." ”

Sun Yuanqi breathed a sigh of relief and stretched his waist: it was already dark, the child had already slept, others had rested, and his wife had already washed and waited on the bed. Hehe, isn't it the time for a night to be worth a thousand dollars?

Just as he was about to get up and wash, he heard Arthur say, "Yank, you're leaving tomorrow morning?" ”

"Yes," Sun Yuan nodded, this time the schedule was indeed quite tight, "Tomorrow afternoon, I will have a discussion with my colleagues in the MIT Electronics Laboratory; The day after tomorrow, Professor Rutherford came from Canada, and I had to meet him; Then, it's time to leave for home. This vacation lasted only three months, and I traveled from Asia to Europe, from Europe to the Americas, and from the Americas back to Asia, across the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean."

"So, do you have time now? I'd like to talk to you about ......," said Ayer. It is hard to imagine that the lawyer who spoke like this could win for the defense in court arguments.

You've asked that, can I still say no? Sun Yuanqi was a little depressed, so he had to reply: "Of course you can." ”

Arthur pursed his lips: "You know, my dream is to be a politician"

Sun Yuanqi thought that he was going to discuss politics with him, so he hurriedly stopped him: "Although I am an official, from the very beginning, I have been half-pushed and half-pulled by people on this road, and I have neither any political wisdom nor commendable political experience. And the political systems of China and the United States are completely different, even if you have a little bit of your own, I'm afraid it won't apply to you. There is an allusion in China that the same fruit tree planted in the south of the Huai River can produce sweet oranges, and planted in the north of the Huai River will turn into sour oranges. That's what I'm talking about. ”

"I know that there is indeed a big difference between China and the United States. For example, a bureaucrat in your country must first be a writer, but it is better for us American bureaucrats to be a lawyer or a businessman. "In fact, when I was a Ph.D., I took a course on Asian culture, and I knew a lot about China." ”

Sun Yuanqi didn't know what he wanted to say, so he had to admit casually: "Then what? ”

"I've counted 30 and 26 presidents of the United States so far. Washington all the way to Theodore? Roosevelt, among the 25 (of which the 22nd and 24th presidents were the same person, namely Grover?) Cleveland, who is by far the only president of the United States to serve two terms apart), 18 are lawyers. That's why I studied law. Yaser continued.

Sun Yuanqi was very depressed: Uncle, what do you want to do? Can you make a long story short and not say anything if you don't have anything to say?

"Of course, studying law and becoming a lawyer does not mean that you have embarked on a career in the profession. In order for a lawyer to become a political figure, in addition to having his own political opinions, he must also have sufficient social status and personal prestige. Like Abraham? Lincoln, whose parents were uneducated farmers, made him nationally famous and elected president because of a murder lawsuit he was involved in in in 1858. At that time, prosecution witnesses claimed to have seen the defendant's face in the moonlight; As counsel for the defense, Lincoln used judicial proclamations to successfully prove that at the moment the witness claimed, the moon had just appeared on the horizon according to the calendar, and it was impossible for the witness to distinguish the person's face by using the moonlight, so the prosecution's evidence was overturned. Lincoln rose to fame and put him on politics. Another example is Franklin? Pierce—"

Seeing that he was talking endlessly, Sun Yuanqi had no choice but to interrupt him: "Excuse me, what do you want to say?" You know, Lilith is still waiting for me."

Arthur paused for a moment, then said sneeringly, "I think, I want to be your sī lawyer, of course, for free." ”

"Why?"

"You are a famous scientist, and in addition to many theoretical contributions, you have many important inventions, such as electric light, radio broadcasting, corsets, instant noodles, and now television, dehydrated vegetables. According to our previous estimates, the patent value of a single electric lamp is more than 5 million US dollars, not to mention other more important inventions? This is a huge amount of wealth, but the application, authorization, and maintenance of patents, as well as the income, accounting, and investment after authorization, are complicated, and naturally need to be handled by a special lawyer. Yaser explained.

"So you volunteered?" Sun Yuanqi has long known about the family's bingxìng, so he doesn't believe that there will be a pie in the sky.

Yaser was a little embarrassed: "I graduated from school, I just got my lawyer's qualification, I am unknown, and no big man is willing to hire me as a lawyer; If you enter a law firm, you will not have a chance to get ahead for a long time. You know, like Andrew? Jackson (the 7th president of the United States), who started as a border lawyer and quickly made a career in the legal profession, is very, very rare in reality.

"If I can serve as your sīren lawyer, it can at least improve my reputation and make a good start for future business development and entering politics. If someone infringes on one of your important patents, it would be better for me, as a defense lawyer, to fight vigorously with the other party and arouse the attention of all sectors of society. Maybe he can become famous like Lincoln in one fell swoop, and the world knows it."

“……”

Uncle, I didn't expect you to be a patient with Mary Sury syndrome. This disease needs to be cured quickly

Speaking of excitement, Arthur let go of his restraint and looked at Sun Yuanqi eagerly: "You can avoid the loss of your property by hiring me as a lawyer; I serve as your sī lawyer to increase my social visibility. It's so mutually beneficial, I think you won't refuse, right? ”

"Well......" Sun Yuanqi couldn't think of any way to refuse such a fanatical delusional young man, and besides, Lilith was still waiting in the house—hoping she hadn't slept yet

Arthur immediately snapped his fingers: "Great, I knew you wouldn't refuse." As he spoke, he took out a contract from the drawer and handed it over, pointing to a blank space and saying, "You can sign here." ”

It seems that this kid was premeditated

Sun Yuanqi glanced at the text on the contract a few times, but there was no obstacle, and he was about to sign it, when he suddenly thought of something: "If you want me to sign, you can, but you want to go to China with me." ”

"No problem, you are my most important customer at the moment, and you have the right to ask me to make some adjustments to my itinerary."

After breakfast the next day, Sun Yuan left for the city as his wife and children and Mr. Bergman's family. Fortunately, when he returned to China this time, his son Huaizu would go with him and stay for a while in the country where his father lived and worked. This also greatly diluted the sadness of this parting.

The meeting with the colleagues of the MIT Electronics Laboratory was held in a relaxed and happy atmosphere. After years of hard work, the researchers in the laboratory have not only made great achievements in academics, but also brought them excellent returns for the patents of their inventions. Spiritual and material harvest, so what is there to worry about?

Sun Yuanqi originally had a master's degree in particle physics and nuclear physics, and his understanding of electronics was very superficial, limited to the courses "Analog Electronic Technology", "Digital Electronic Technology", "Electronic Technology Experiment" and other courses he learned at the undergraduate level, and some of them have been returned to his teachers. It is a great honor to be able to guide you to develop diodes, transistors, transistors, radio broadcasts, and television. As for the anti-heaven inventions such as radar, integrated circuits, and satellite communications, Sun Yuanqi plans to leave them as heirlooms at the bottom of the box to his children and grandchildren, and he does not even plan to leak the concept at the moment.

Fortunately, whether it is an electron tube or a transistor, the characteristics and miniaturization of such electronic components cannot be understood at one time, and there is a broad research space. As for the two huge systems of radio broadcasting and television, there are even more topics that can be studied, and even if all the colleagues in the entire electronics laboratory devote themselves to it, they will definitely not be able to come out without more than ten or twenty years.

After the meeting, Sun Yuanqi refused to be retained by his colleagues, and hurried to Mr. Coster's house with gifts. Since I went to Lilith's parents' house, I naturally can't favor one over the other.

Sometimes, Sun Yuanqi thinks: It seems that monogamy is really a human need. I only have two daughters-in-law, so I have to spend a lot of time balancing the relationship between the two parties. You said that if you have three wives and four concubines, serve your parents every day, comfort your wives and concubines, and educate your children, how can you have time to do something you like? Otherwise, the ancient emperors were short-lived, and it is estimated that they would have given disaster to the three palaces, the six courtyards, the seventy-two concubines, and the three thousand beauties

In winter, it gets dark early, and when I get to Mr. Coster's house, it is already dusk. After knocking for a long time, Mr. Coster staggered out and opened the door. After three or four years, Mr. Coster had obviously aged a lot, and the only thing that remained unchanged was that serious expression.

"Hello, Mr. Coaster."

Seeing that it was Sun Yuanqi, Mr. Coster was stunned at first, as if he couldn't believe it, and then the serious expression on his face began to melt: "Ah, isn't this Johnson?" Come on, come on, come in the house, please. ”

As soon as he entered the house, Mrs. Coster also appeared in the drawing-room, and there was another sound of surprise. After sitting down, Sun Yuanqi obviously felt that the room was much more deserted than the last time he came, and immediately realized that there was a young man missing from the house: Jimmy. With only two old people staying in the house, it is inevitable that it will look dull.

At first, Sun Yuanqi thought that Jimmy would come back later because the factory was too busy. After waiting for a long time, there was still no sign of him, and Costef did not mention it, so he asked tentatively, "Mr. Coster, why didn't I see Jimmy?" ”

"Oh, you don't know yet? Three years ago, Jimmy and his wife moved out after buying a large villa. They would come back once or twice a month to see us. Mr. Coster replied blandly, not knowing what the emotion was.

That's right, Western families are like this, adult children will always be separated from their parents and live on their own. Isn't that the same going for China in 100 years? It seems that he came to the Qing Dynasty for ten years, and under the influence of the "decadent" old culture, he was actually taken to the bad, and unconsciously got used to the noisy and joyful big family life.