Director Yang didn't know what it meant for Li Zhao to take out so many patent application documents, but Lou Dong understood the value and exclaimed: "Can we apply for so many patents?" That's too much, right? ”

Lou Dong was so surprised at this time, also because Li Zhao took out too much, Li Zhao also said at this time: "Okay, it's all small things, some of them are shape design patents, and the real technology patents are not many, just one or two hundred, I don't know if there are duplicate patents, if there are duplicates, you still need to find a way to deal with them, which kind of goods must be applied for before they are listed, and then see if there are any similar." ”

"In Western countries, if a patent is infringed, it can be very troublesome for us, but we don't have diplomatic relations with many countries, so we have to be cautious about this. If a product involves a lot of other people's patents, then give up, otherwise we may basically work for others. If this happens, we will find a way to develop other products, or cross-license patents. ”

"However, the patents that can be applied for must also be applied, even if it is only one or two patents, those that can be applied must be applied, and these patents can also be sold for money. We can even restrict others from developing in our direction, if others want to produce the same, then they must get patent authorization, and we can also license according to the situation, so that we can also collect a patent royalty or something, and it will not be a loss anyway. ”

Li Zhao's worries are definitely not superfluous, if it is involved in patent issues, not only will the trade on his side be restricted, but even the dealers will be implicated, and if there is such a thing once or twice, then his reputation will be ruined, and in the end it may have a great bad impact on the export.

At this time, Lou Dong said: "I will deal with this matter carefully, then I will start to operate the patent matter of the bicycle now, what do you think?" Now that there are more than 20 days left before the Chinese New Year, it is just the right time for people to check the patents on bicycles first, and then we can decide which patents to apply for and what to do with the corresponding patents. ”

Of course, Li Zhao nodded and agreed at this time, and Director Yang also said: "Then we will carry out trial production of these by ourselves, and see how the samples are first, otherwise Chief Engineer Li or you are personally responsible for this trial production?" ”

Looking at Director Yang, Li Zhao was also speechless, Li Zhao's preparation was quite sufficient. In order to avoid trouble, the first thing is that the drawings are as clear and clear as possible, and even some things that have not been processed in the rolling mill are carefully annotated, and basically senior technicians can know how to operate by looking at them.

Not only that, for those more troublesome things, Li Zhaodu specially designed production aids. For example, motors, all small motors are used here, Li Zhao has designed an automatic winding machine, of course, there is no way to be intelligent here, basically each motor corresponds to a special winding machine.

In this case, Li Zhao really didn't know what else would go wrong, and Li Zhao really didn't want to solicit too many things for himself, so he said: "Factory director, you can look at the arrangement if you are specifically responsible for this matter, as long as it is not a pit like your nephew." It's really not okay, you can discuss with Chief Engineer An or other deputy factory directors, and let them recommend it, even if Lou Dong understands technology, there is really no need to pull me for everything. ”

After listening to Li Zhao's words, Director Yang also knew that Li Zhao was unwilling to take on too many things, after all, Li Zhao already had a lot of things in his hands. And all the designs are provided by Li Zhao, and Li Zhao has already accounted for at least half of the credit, so there is no need to occupy more, and the rest of the work is hard work, there is really no need to fight, and it is not necessary to leave a soup for others, so that Li Zhao can have more friends.

And these projects are very simple projects in Li Zhao's opinion, and there are detailed drawings and various auxiliary tools provided by Li Zhao, Li Zhao really doesn't know what Director Yang can't do? Of course, it is not absolute, if he asks his nephew to do it again, Li Zhao feels that it may still be a failure.

Thinking of this, Li Zhao said again: "Factory director, that Wang Jun, you still let her study with her, now her cultural knowledge is progressing very fast, in a year or two, I am ready to recommend her to go to university, you can help pay attention to it." ”

Li Zhao is still very confident in his design, as long as there is no more gangsters like the nephew of Director Yang, Li Zhao believes that it is not difficult to produce in the rolling mill, and the products will definitely be very competitive. In the future, he only needs to set up a special team for each part to be able to develop it well, and he really doesn't need to ask about it. Of course, maybe in two years, there will be no progress, and it will be okay to push it again.

Today, Lou Dong is also very happy, and now it is finally the time for him to show his talents. You must know that Lou Dong has been idle at home for a few years, although he is rich, but he is also boring enough, and now that he has something to do, he is naturally happier than anyone else. Seeing that the time was about the same, he pulled Li Zhao and Director Yang and had a good meal at noon. Of course, He Yuzhu personally cooked, after all, his father-in-law personally invited guests, how dare he not do his best.

In the afternoon, Director Yang and Lou Dong went to the superior leaders together, and the drawings were obtained. In particular, Li Zhao provided so many documents that need to be applied for patents, and this must be dealt with, otherwise if you register a company casually and register hundreds or thousands of patents at once, wouldn't it be obvious to tell others that you have a problem. Moreover, Li Zhao's patent documents can also provide reference for superiors.

Just when Li Zhao was busy reviewing the drawings in the office, someone from the secretariat came to inform Li Zhao and asked him to go to the mechanical department. Although he was puzzled, he did not dare to delay, and soon got into the car arranged by the secretariat and set off.

When I came to the leader's office, sure enough, Director Yang and Lou Dong were there, seeing Li Zhao coming, the leader also asked him to sit down and talk, and when Li Zhao took a sip of tea and put down the water cup, the leader said: "We have just roughly looked at your design drawings, and the designs are very beautiful, especially the bladeless fan, which is so beautiful." ”

"It's you who have only about 20 products, why do you need to apply for so many patents, is it a mistake, I see that many of your products here are about shape design, can these also be patented? Although we are still in the preparatory stage, there are only dozens of patent application documents that we have actually handed in, and your own application is ten times that of theirs. I just want to ask, do we have many patents for our other products that are not counted? ”

Li Zhao heard this question, and said after some consideration: "Leader, I don't know how many I can apply for these things, but there are no more than three types of patents, one is to invent a new thing, one is to develop a new type of solution on the basis of the original, and finally the appearance." These are patentable, for example, a part, mine is different from others, even if it is a new solution. ”

"As for the few others handed in, I guess they think that only new inventions count. In addition, it is possible that they have only applied for a whole invention scheme, and have not applied for various original parts in it, which can be applied. Doing so can also restrict the use of our technology, but there are some things that are not suitable for patenting, because patents have a term of protection, and after they expire, the technology is disclosed. ”

"Just like the patents I am applying for now, they are all taken apart by others and can be studied and understood, once they do not apply for patents, they are easy to be imitated by others or preemptively registered patent restrictions, so they must be applied. And like some things that others dismantle and can't figure out what's going on, it's better not to apply for patents, or only apply for external patents, and not for internal things. ”

"I've heard that the formula of Coke is not patented, and whoever can crack it can produce it directly, but now no one has developed a formula with the exact same taste, and this formula has been born for decades. In addition, I am not a professional in the matter of patents, it is best to find some patriotic overseas Chinese to help with the staff, we have too many things that can be patented, but there are too many things that are not suitable for patenting. ”

"For example, our metal formula and production process, these things let others directly study, want to achieve the same performance, the research time required is quite long, this is not suitable for applying for a patent, if it is applied, it is equivalent to direct disclosure, others can view the patent and directly study on your basis. Another example is porcelain, some porcelain glaze formulas, others are difficult to study thoroughly, but as soon as the formula is applied, others will know. ”

"At that time, as long as the ingredients are changed slightly, it will not be considered infringement, so these need to be kept strictly confidential. If a product sells very well, others will imitate it, but if there is a patent, they must design another model, even if it is similar, they can sue them for infringement. ”