Jimmy has a lot of time right now, patrolling and getting acquainted with the various routes and shop locations, and then taking a break to buy the equipment he needs.

It took 2 weeks for Jimmy to finally assemble the first usable long police light in his apartment, which was only half the length of a normal police light, after all, it existed as a prototype, as long as it was fully functional, and it could be extended in length or shape in the future.

The police lights are buckled up with iron plates, and the front lampshade is a combination of 5 plastic lampshades, which are removable, alternating red and blue.

LED is a single 0.25 watt small lamp, 4 in parallel as a light ring, 4 pieces combined into a square lamp, parallel 5 square lights, corresponding to the 5 pieces of detachable plastic lampshade of the police lamp shade.

As for the single-chip microcomputer, it is 500 dollars to hire someone to do it part-time, and there are only three functions, 2 seconds of short-term power-on, 1 second of strobe power-on, and rotational power-on.

These three functions respectively realize the red and blue alternation of conventional police lights, the alternation of red and blue of strobe alarm lights, and indicate the direction of circulation from left to right.

The external power supply is directly used to store the car battery, and then a step-down rectifier circuit is used to control the voltage to 5V, and then drive the single-chip microcomputer and LED.

After passing the full-featured test, Jimmy was going to think about the patent.

Applying for a patent in the U.S. is easy and difficult, as long as you find the right patent attorney, all the joint lawyers can help you sort it out, as long as you submit the relevant materials according to the guidance, you can wait. It is difficult to find a suitable patent attorney.

In the United States, there are more black-hearted lawyers, get your information, sell it to another party, the other party has deep connections, file a patent in advance, and then you have nothing.

This is very common, and many times, applying for a patent represents a high risk.

Jimmy did not go directly to a lawyer, but took advantage of his vacation to take the prototype to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. H. Bowen Law School.

Jimmy parked the car, asked the students along the way, determined the location of the law school dean's office, and walked straight over. For a person who has never been to college in his previous life or in this life, walking on a college campus and looking at these peers or young people, there will always be a feeling of great envy, but unfortunately, the past days have passed.

Jimmy went downstairs to the administration and asked at the front desk about the location of the dean's office, but since there was no appointment, he waited at the front desk for a while, and then led by the administrator, met with Philip Linton, the dean of the law school.

"Hello, Mr. Yang, please be seated."

"Hello, Dean Linton, I'm Jimmy Young, a Pulaski County Constable, and I'm here today not to have any cases to deal with, but to get your help."

"Please." Dean Linton didn't just leave Jimmy out to dry, and since he had already let Jimmy in to meet, he would definitely listen to him.

"After graduating from high school, I went to the police academy, became a police officer, and then returned to the Pulaski County Police Department.

During my time as a police officer, I had some ideas to improve police equipment, but after making a prototype, I didn't know how to patent and trademark my product.

By chance, I learned about a Law School Clinic Certification Program, which is a free application for invention patents and trademarks by law students and mentors who help us apply for patents and trademarks for small businesses that are not well underwhelmed.

Dean Linton, I hope to have this opportunity. As a young police officer, I didn't have enough money to feed the appetites of the lawyers out there, I had no family, and no one else could pay for it.

I also don't want to just find a lawyer to deal with it, you know, a lot of times professional ethics don't bind everybody. ”

Jimmy's words about his needs and purpose may seem too direct to many, but this is actually Jimmy's only chance to impress Dean Linton, and if he is denied, the chances of getting help from law school are slim to none.

"Oh, kid, I see what you mean." Dean Linton paused, "The USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) does have a law school internship accreditation program, but we at Bowen Law School are not on this list of programs. Unfortunately, if you are here for this plan, then I can only say sorry for disappointing you. ”

Jimmy only felt that his eyes were dark, he had thought that his good luck had come to this plan that he had heard before, but it turned out that the law school of the University of Arkansas did not include it.

"Thank you so much Dean Linton for seeing me, goodbye."

After a moment of daze, Jimmy got up and shook hands with the dean, ready to leave.

"Wait a minute, Mr. Yang, may I ask about your invention? It doesn't need to be very detailed. ”

"Absolutely." Jimmy sat back down on the couch.

"I have some opinions about the police lights currently used by the police station, which are easy to malfunction, have a short visual range, lack of brightness, etc., and have a lot of problems. Then I redesigned the police light system, and I have already made a prototype, the new police light is smaller, brighter, and has a pointing function that the previous police light did not have, etc. ”

"Sounds very good. Did you make it yourself? Alone? ”

"Yes, I used my vacation time to buy materials, it took me a long time to get them done, and I failed many times before."

"Okay, Mr. Yang, can you leave me a business card?" I'll let you know if there's good news. ”

"Thank you, thank you very much, Dean Linton." Jimmy took out his police business card, he didn't make a personal business card, and the business cards he usually kept in his pocket were from the county police department.

"Don't bother you, I'll go back and wait for news first. Goodbye, Dean Linton. ”

Jimmy exited the administration building and drove home.

There was a surprise today, his heart was cold when he heard that Bowen College was not on the list of plans, and then Dean Linton's words just now gave him new hope.

Although he did not say it explicitly, Dean Linton had already expressed his intention that he should have basically agreed to have the students do the patent and trademark applications for Jimmy free of charge.

It's just that this kind of thing can't be decided with a pat on the head, and Dean Linton must have other ideas to discuss, but for Jimmy, at least this matter is very promising.

In addition to the patent fees and data fees to be paid to apply for a patent in the United States, it is also necessary to pay a lot of attorney fees to the law firm, which is really impossible for Jimmy, who has only been working for a few months, and the patent fees and trademark fees alone cost thousands of yuan.