The huge movement of the battery industry naturally cannot escape the eyes of governments.

Across the West Coast, in the White House, a certain president with a cool haircut was staring sharply at the CIA director and the Department of Energy in front of him.

"I remember the last time you told me that the lithium dendrite problem cannot be solved, what is the ??? in my hands now?"

Mr. President, who had a cool hairstyle, angrily slammed the report in his hand on the table.

From the scattered report documents, you can clearly see the title and content on it, which is an investigation of artificial SEI films.

On the other side, the director of the CIA who was standing also looked innocent.

After living for decades, I really ran into a ghost.

A small laboratory with total assets of less than 20 million RMB, which is converted to less than 3 million meters of gold, and a young man in his early twenties, has actually solved the world's big problem of lithium dendrite, which is really incomprehensible.

Even though this young man is a world-renowned top scientist, he is a mathematician.

Even if you have achievements in the fields of physics and astronomy, you can't make a big fuss about applied materials, right?

The lithium dendrite problem, countries around the world together spend more than 10 billion yuan on this problem every year.

Why did you solve a problem that everyone hadn't solved in a few months with an ultra-small laboratory with a scale of less than three million meters of gold?

Outrageous!

What a big deal!

"Do we need to do something?"

Across the desk, someone from the Department of Energy couldn't help but ask, a huge market with a market value of trillions is enough for them to do it.

Of course, the artificial SEI film certainly does not occupy such a large proportion, but this key technology is unacceptable if it is not in your own hands.

"Hands-on? How are you going to do it? The president asked in a deep voice.

After a pause, he continued disdainfully: "Stealing secrets and manufacturing methods?" ”

"The other party has applied for patents in more than 100 countries around the world, and all patent countries have been covered, and people have clearly put them there, you steal a fool? Or are you going to ban the other side from selling lithium batteries in our country? What stupidity! ”

What made the president in front of him a headache and angry was that they originally had a good opportunity, but they didn't grasp it and missed it directly.

If they had just stuck the patent application and rejected it, there would be nothing now.

But no one knows the future of this kind of thing.

After all, it is impossible to get all the international patent applications, which is not realistic at all, and it can only be said that they despise the young man too much.

The other party has cleverly applied for patents in all countries, and not only one, but also some patents with appropriate changes.

Just like when Alibaba registered the 'Alibaba' trademark, it also applied for trademarks such as "Ali Sister", "Ali Sister", "Ali Aunt", "Ali Uncle", "Ali Brother" and "Ali Brother".

This kind of defensive self-protection of trademarks is similar in patents.

If the other party does not apply for a patent and learns from other material companies to process this artificial SEI film secretly, they will not have too much headache.

With the scientific research strength of the United States, as long as the corresponding materials can be obtained, I believe that it will not take too long to complete the reverse engineering.

It may not be exactly the same, but it is no problem to simulate a performance of 70 or 80 percent, and it is not impossible to go even further after a while of research.

Because as long as there is profit to be earned, capital will flow to this field without any scruples, not to mention, this is a huge market with a scale of trillions.

And now, the other party has registered a patent, which is a headache.

If it is imitated, it will definitely not be able to bypass international patent law.

Patents, even though they were created to protect the rights of inventors, needed to be followed by all countries.

But in a sense, international patent law is more of a thing that protects itself.

Because compared to other countries, the United States and its allies have registered and applied for a large number of international patents, and the patent office does not know how many.

Relying on these patents, they earn countless amounts of money from other countries every year.

International patent law has now become a common rule for all countries around the world, although there are cases where this rule is not followed, but it is only a minority.

Especially in the current situation, the patent is applied for by a top scientist with a high reputation in the world, and the patent applied for is also quite important.

If you break this unspoken rule in this regard, to be honest, you can only end up with a lose-lose situation.

Although it is not the first time that they have done hooliganism, this time it is not a problem to be shameless and directly 'imitate' without consent, and it is impossible for the other party to rush to their country to stop it.

But what kind of consequences will come after doing it still needs to be considered.

Being sued by such an internationally renowned top scholar for patent licensing issues in the international court can be said to be a major blow to the reputation of the United States after the trouble.

If that's all there is to it, then forget it.

What is fame? Reputation is not for food, and they have a million ways to get the International Tribunal on their side.

But the subsequent impact may be terrible.

If this kind of thing is opened and it makes a big fuss, whether the patents extended to other countries can still be charged, it will become a major problem.

Anyone can play hooliganism, you have taken the lead in doing this, why can't I do it?

Especially in China, which is very good at 'imitation'.

Even if you can't get the international tribunal on your side, you can drag on indefinitely.

After all, you have already started, and with a reference judgment, you have to consider the impact no matter what.

Between countries, after all, there is still business to be done, hooligans can, but too hooligans, only no one will play with you.

In the eyes of the president, who has a cool hairstyle, the smartest thing about the other party is that he has applied for all the patents in advance.

This puts them in a dilemma.

It is impossible to give up the interests of the lithium battery field, but how to get a piece of the pie from it still needs to be reconsidered.

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On the other side, Huaguo, Jinling.

Xu Chuan is preparing for a press conference in a few days.

The paper he threw on Arxiv, as well as the press conference released by the Kawakai Materials Research Institute, caused a tsunami of sensation in the battery and battery-related industries.

Of course, this sensation did not appear next to ordinary people, ordinary netizens were at most eating melons for these news, and sighed that he actually started to engage in chemical materials research.

But for those in the industry, it's a different story.

"Dear Professor Xu, I am the director of Advano Nanomaterials Company in Louisiana, our company is mainly engaged in the lithium-ion battery industry, your paper on the ARXIV website on artificial SEI thin films is very interesting to our company, are you interested in technical cooperation with our company?"

Xu Chuan: "If you have an idea, just come to the press conference on May 30th." ”

"Well, our company can be overlooked by you, and we didn't receive the invitation letter. Could you please send us a copy? ”

Hearing Xu Chuan say this, the other party said with an embarrassed face.

Xu Chuan: "I'm sorry, this is not my responsibility, if you need an invitation letter, please go to Chuanhai Materials Research Institute." ”

Hanging up the phone casually, he couldn't help but rub his temples.

Another one called to talk to him about cooperation.

Ever since he dropped his paper on Arxiv, he has been called almost every day by different companies to talk to him about collaboration.

However, the vast majority of these calls were made by intermediaries.

It's the kind of skinny company that wants to get the patent license for the artificial SEI film from him, and then sell it to get the difference in price.

To be honest, if the patent of artificial SEI film is authorized to those serious battery companies, Xu Chuan is still happy.

On the one hand, he can be rewarded, and on the other hand, it will not disrupt the development of the whole industry too much.

As for these second-hand dealers, they are not agricultural products or anything like that, and they need to rely on middlemen to help sell them all over the world.

Forget about making the difference, just forget it on the artificial SEI film, refuse the middleman, isn't it good for him to earn a little more?

As for the idea of setting up his own factory and opening a company that produces artificial SEI films and even lithium batteries, Xu Chuan has not considered it.

However, after thinking about it for three times, I finally gave up on this idea.

First of all, he is a scientific researcher, and his main focus should be on scientific research, not to be a businessman.

It is necessary to make money, but if you put all your energy into making money, you are really sorry for the chance of rebirth given by God.

What's more, top-notch breakthrough scientific research will inevitably have a monetary effect.

As long as there are scientific research results, there will never be a shortage of scientific research funds.

And to be honest, although the R&D in the materials industry is generally recouped and earned through confidential business practices, there are relatively few patent applications.

But for him, applying for a patent and collecting royalties is the best thing to do.

This will indeed inevitably expose some things, and maybe there will be imitations or something soon, which will affect the royalties.

But if you want to rely on those things in patent documents and papers to restore the core product 100%, you basically can't do it.

After all, whoever applies for a patent will throw away all the core and complete processes.

Isn't it normal to cut out some material ratios in the manufacturing process?

Just like the formula of black powder, if the ratio is not correct, the black powder produced will only sound at most, and as for the lethality, it is basically not much.

The same is true for artificial SEI films, which cannot find the correct manufacturing process, and although the manufactured films can also inhibit the formation of lithium dendrites to a certain extent, the efficiency of lithium separation and lithium ion transportation is too much different.

In addition, there is another key point.

The technology was not fundamentally developed by him.

This artificial SEI thin film technology is because of the rebirth, and he obtained it from other laboratories in the United States, and it is actually not a few years before it is actually developed.

Maybe the institute is already working on it.

If he doesn't hurry up to apply for the relevant patents now, he won't be able to make any foreign money when the other party gets it out.

Moreover, the confidentiality of non-patent application for commercial harvest reporting is generally for the kind of materials that are difficult to reverse.

As long as the other party gets the battery, I believe it will not take long for the laboratory that studies the problem of lithium batteries and lithium dendrites to produce a variety of different films.

Although he may not be able to achieve the same performance, just fighting a price war or something can make him earn a lot less.

Instead of tossing like this, it is better to apply for a patent directly.

You can make money and get stuck in the other party's neck.

If the other party really has no shame in making its own production, then go to the international court to file a lawsuit.

Winning or losing, in fact, is acceptable.

If you win, you can win a sum of money.

Defeated, with his current status and fame in the scientific community, he can make a fuss about this matter in the world, and losing some money can be exchanged for the reduction of the reputation of the United States, Xu Chuan is still willing to do this.

What's more, the artificial SEI film that is imitated will definitely not keep up with the genuine product in terms of performance.

If the performance is poor, the service life of the lithium battery will be poor.

In addition, there is the effect of electrolyte concentration, which Xu Chuan did not put in his papers and patent application documents.

With these things as a guarantee, I believe how consumers will choose.

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