In addition to supporting some staff, this exclusive invention defense association must also have enough strength to crack down on those "patent infringement criminals", otherwise how can this association have any credibility at all?

If you don't have some means, your exclusive invention maintenance association says that this exclusive invention is Xiao Ming's, then it is Xiao Ming's?

Therefore, the daily expenses of the association are a large amount. And the Guangyao Empire and the four major mage families are not so kind, and they will always pay for such an organization to benefit the public.

Therefore, depending on the type of proprietary invention, the Proprietary Invention Maintenance Association will charge a one-time registration fee of varying amounts, and an annual maintenance and administration fee.

Considering that some inventors have no money and the proprietary invention has not started to make a profit, these fees allow for an unconditional arrears of one year, after which a percentage of late fees will be charged. If this fee is not paid in full for three consecutive years, the ownership of the exclusive invention will go to the association!

If the owner of an exclusive invention transfers or leases an exclusive invention, the Association will charge a certain handling fee according to the amount of the transaction.

In the event of the death of the owner of the exclusive invention, the ownership of the exclusive invention will be transferred as a piece of property in accordance with his will. If there is no will, the first person in line to inherit the estate is his eldest son or eldest daughter, followed by his eldest grandson or eldest granddaughter, and his spouse inherits without the latter. If the exclusive invention is not inherited, the ownership belongs to the association.

Heirs of proprietary inventions are required to pay a large one-time inheritance tax and continue to pay annual maintenance and administration fees. This money is still allowed to be unconditionally delinquent for one year, after which a percentage of late fees will be charged. If this fee is not paid in full for three consecutive years, the ownership of the exclusive invention shall remain with the Association.

Some inheritance wills have preconditions for succession, and if these preconditions are not met, the exclusive invention will also go to the association.

Many owners of exclusive inventions simply cannot afford to pay for the maintenance and management costs, so they lose ownership of the exclusive invention. Of course, although there are many such inventions, they are of little commercial value.

However, there are also those who have not had time to designate a successor to the exclusive invention at the time of their death, and there is no legal heir. Or for one reason or another, after three years of non-payment of maintenance and management fees, the exclusive invention will also belong to the exclusive invention maintenance association.

Over the years, the Exclusive Invention Maintenance Association has mastered a large number of exclusive inventions. The association has made a lot of money by assigning, renting out or operating some of these inventions, and together with the stable collection of maintenance and management fees, it not only covers its daily expenses, but also has a small surplus.

"It seems that so many people here are here to pay the fee, right?" Pei Pei said with his tongue out.

"Business is pretty good. Lena said, cloaking her hands.

Gangu Yu sighed: "If it weren't for the people's livelihood issues, this exclusive invention and maintenance association would probably be several times more lively than it is now!"

The two daughters were silent when they heard this. Yes, there are many people on the mainland who have not completely solved the problem of food and clothing, and all they think about all day long is how to eat enough, so where can they have the leisure to make any inventions?

If it weren't for the fact that some people relied on one or two exclusive inventions to quickly get rid of poverty and become rich, which played a certain driving role, I am afraid that this exclusive invention maintenance association would only serve those well-fed nobles and magicians. Of course, in fact, the ordinary people who come in and out of here are still rare animals.

When the three of them came to the No. 1 counter, they found that the staff here were all asleep, and the counter next to it that charged maintenance and management fees was completely different from the style. Gangu Yu finally woke up the man behind the counter, and only then did he receive a registration form for an exclusive invention.

"Uh, may you give me a few more registration forms?" asked Ganguyu.

The man in charge of registration was obviously angry to get up, and pointed to the example on the counter with an unkind look and said: "Just one, fill in according to this, fill in the wrong one and ask me again!"

Gangu Yu pursed his lips and didn't say much, he filled out a form first and then handed it back. The man took the form and looked at it, and said, "Hmm...... Invention ...... for general synthetic materials Also, why is it only written about the raw materials, and the production process column is not filled in?"

Gan Guyu took out a boxy piece of fabric for making stockings, handed it over, and said, "The production process is unique and needs to be kept secret. ”

The man took the fabric and looked at it a few times, and found that it didn't seem to be a big deal except that it was extremely thin and elastic, and it was quite easy to break, so he couldn't help but feel disdainful. It seems to be just a garbage invention and disturbs my sleep!

So his tone became even more impatient: "If you don't provide the production process, the registration fee and maintenance and management fee will be ten times the basic fee, you have to think clearly!"

If the process is not provided, even if the exclusive invention is taken away by the exclusive invention maintenance association one day, it is very likely to be useless, hence this provision. Gangu Yu already knew about this, but he couldn't say that it was made by an agricultural and sideline product processing instrument, right?

It's a bit more expensive, but it has an added benefit. Even if someone uses cotton and azure feathers to make the same or similar fabric in any way in the future, it will be regarded as Ganguyu's exclusive invention. This is why no one knows how to make this fabric today, but Gangu Yu still chooses to register an exclusive invention for the fabric.

Although the man's attitude is not good, his work efficiency is still quite good, maybe he wants to send Ganguyu away as soon as possible to continue sleeping. Soon, he took away the registration form and samples, completed the registration, and handed a special volume of exclusive invention certificate to Ganguyu.

The material of this certificate is very special, and at a glance, you can see that some alloys have been added, and the anti-counterfeiting ability is outstanding. The certificate contains information about the material that Gangu Woo has named "Special Stocking Fabric", including a string of codes that resemble a patent number.

I heard the man finally say: "The registration fee is 100,000 Guangyao coins, and the annual maintenance and management fee is 50,000 Guangyao coins, and you can bring this certificate and pay it at the counter next door within a year." Then he was ready to go back to sleep.

This is the price after a tenfold increase, if ordinary people simply can't afford it. If this amount is converted into a third-order magic crystal, it is also a registration fee of one hundred, and an annual maintenance and management fee of fifty.

Lena was secretly surprised to hear this amount. She is considered to be the best among the bounty hunters, and her income in a year is only like this, and sometimes she is less lucky!

"Uh, that ......" Gangu Yu couldn't help but shout embarrassedly when he saw that the man was going back to sleep again.

"Is there any end to it?" the man looked up and said impatiently, "Isn't it already done for you?"

"I mean, I still have a few more exclusive inventions that I want to register...... "Gan Guyu spread his hands and said.

The man was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "Why didn't you say it earlier, I will give you a few more forms at a time, and you can fill them out together!

The three of them looked at him and didn't speak. The man was stunned suddenly, as if he had just remembered something, so he had to shut up and take out a stack of registration forms and push them in front of Gangu Yu.