Chapter 332

In the early days of the enactment of the patent law in Huxin Town, there were few people who responded to it, and most people were skeptical about it. After the initial novelty, the public generally believed that the lord came up with such a name to protect his inventions. This is very normal. Since ancient times, people with some skills would not easily pass on their skills to others. I believe that Earl Graman, who is a lord, cannot get rid of this rut. It is not easy for anyone to see others profit from their inventions without sharing some of the profits.

But Paul Graman is a lord, and he can certainly ask others to abide by his laws. As for himself? Will the lord be bound by the laws he promulgated? This is ridiculous.

Therefore, in the early stage, those who came to apply for patents were basically those who sought fame and reputation, and used some unknown things to gain fame. Paul had to instruct the Administrative Council that accepted the application to strictly check and strictly prohibit unqualified people.

"I think we can give it a try. The Lord must be serious."

In a classroom at Weiss College, a group of people sat around a table discussing the patent bill. One of the students, Jim, said with shining eyes.

Nick, who was sitting opposite him, hesitated: "I believe that the Lord's decree is not just for fun, but... but..."

These students had just finished their geographical surveying work in Emden and returned to Lake Town. Then they learned about the patent bill. Someone immediately proposed to apply for a patent for the [lens rangefinder] they invented during the surveying. They found that in the patent system announced by the State Council, this kind of invention that many people brainstormed and worked together can apply for a team patent.

"But? But what? Nick, what are you still hesitating about?"

Jim shouted in dissatisfaction. He was the first to propose a patent for the rangefinder. Since learning about the patent law, Jim felt that the stool under his butt was like a needle, and he couldn't sit at all. He always felt that someone would apply for the patent of the rangefinder before them - it was not impossible. Weiss College had sent surveying teams to many places under the jurisdiction of the Administrative Council. If other teams had a flash of inspiration during the surveying process... God, the silver coins would be cheap for others.

In Emden, senior officers led by Bryce showed strong interest in their lens rangefinder, saying that this thing was very helpful for artillery and scouts. So, if they could get the patent, wouldn't they be able to make money without doing anything? Is there a more stable customer in the world than the Alda Army?

Jim even wondered maliciously whether the patent would be applied for by the army first? After all, those artillery and officers had also come into contact with lens rangefinders, and the patent law did not restrict the identity of the applicant.

So he was very dissatisfied with Nick's hesitation, but there was nothing he could do, because you played a major role in the invention and improvement of the tester.

Nick raised his head and said hesitantly: "But without that mysterious letter, we would not have thought of using lenses to improve the rangefinder. I think it is wrong to apply for a patent without finding the writer of the letter."

The initial version of the rangefinder invented for the artillery showed great inconvenience in practice, and the measurement accuracy was not good. When they were thinking hard about the improvement plan, they received an unsigned letter, which detailed the idea of ​​using a telescope to improve the rangefinder. After many experiments, Nick and others finally achieved certain results. The artillery finally did not have to drag a long rope and need the cooperation of many people to measure the distance. However, they really couldn't figure out who wrote this letter. The person knew so much about geometry, it was probably someone from Weiss College, or someone from some relevant departments of the military or the State Council. The latter two were most likely, otherwise they would not know the difficulties they encountered.

"Why do you care about those things..."

The students were divided into two factions, arguing about whether to apply for a patent immediately.

"Classmates, what are you discussing?"

A beautiful girl's voice came from outside, and a pretty figure entered the classroom. Everyone turned around and saw that it was Ms. Betty, the head of the Education Bureau of the Administrative Council and their dean.

"Good day, Ms. Betty." The students greeted her one after another. After Irene took over Weiss College, she was conscientious in improving the teaching quality and daily management, recruiting teachers, dividing classes, refining courses, strict examination system, etc. Weiss College is no longer the grass-roots team when Paul first founded it. It can be regarded as a formal school in all aspects.

Although this beautiful lady is very young, even younger than some students in the college, she is still respected by the college. In addition, her academic identity and knowledge, especially her attainments in linguistics, also make everyone admire her. Everyone knows that the telegraph communication project that has been very popular recently was designed and built by Ms. Betty.

"Ms. Betty, it's like this..."

Nick stood up and told Irene about their troubles on behalf of his classmates.

"Oh? Can you show me the letter?" Irene became interested.

Nick took out the letter and handed it to her.

After reading just one or two sentences, Irene almost laughed out loud. She was too familiar with the writing style and the deliberately concealed handwriting in the letter.

Irene was a little confused as to why he didn't sign his name.

After reading the letter calmly, Irene said to the students: "I suggest you apply for a patent boldly. I recognize the handwriting on this letter. It's a friend of mine. I'm sure he will be very happy to see you get a patent."

"But..." Although the dean said so, several students including Nick still had doubts, "Can't you introduce him to us? We want to talk to him, and he should also have a share in the patent."

"No need." Irene waved her hand: "My friend's identity is not convenient to be made public, so there is no need to let him participate."

Everyone guessed, could it be someone who is engaged in secret work?

"Thank you, Madam Dean." Jim smiled happily, and he poked Nick beside him with his elbow, "Madam has confirmed it, what are you still hesitating about?"

"This...Okay, let's write the application now."

Nick finally agreed. In fact, he also yearned for applying for a patent, but he just couldn't get over the previous hurdle.

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The classroom suddenly became lively.

"We can build a factory to mass-produce rangefinders for the military and civilians, and the market will be very broad."

"But it will cost a lot of money to build a factory, and we have to hire people..."

"Then... let's build a small workshop first, and then build a factory after we make the first pot of gold."

"The rangefinder needs a telescope, and its patent belongs to the lord, don't forget it."

"We just need to pay the usage fee..."

"Haha, although this thing has a simple structure, it is protected by the lord's law, so we are not afraid of others copying it."

Everyone talked about it and imagined a bright future.

Erin looked at the excited people and felt relieved. To use the law to protect and promote technological progress - this is a sentence that Paul often said, and now it has finally achieved results.