Chapter 39 39【Patent Crisis】
"Peggy, do you know Sheldon?" Howard asked gossip.
Peggy ignored him and ate alone.
Seeing this, Howard was still not interested, and wanted to continue asking.
Xiang Nan pushed him lightly, and whispered to him in a low voice, "Eat your meal well, since people don't want to answer, they will naturally have their considerations, so don't worry about it so much."
Howard was reminded, stopped talking, and bowed his head to eat his own meal.
Seeing that he was quiet, Peggy smiled gratefully at Xiang Nan.
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After dinner, Xiang Nan took Peggy back to the office.
"Raj, let's get to work, what do you want me to do?" Peggy asked.
"I want to write a paper on "Thermal Chemical Evolution of Comet Nuclei and Kuiper Belt Objects"." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "I need the information on this form, and I hope you can help me collect it."
After finishing speaking, he handed Peggy a form listing all the information he needed.
"OK, leave it to me." Peggy nodded and began to collect.
Xiang Nan did not include Peggy in the two projects of quantum navigation system and "Super Asymmetry Theory" from the beginning.
On the one hand, he doesn't know enough about Peggy's ability to know whether she is suitable for joining this project.
On the one hand, they have just started to cooperate, and they still lack enough trust in each other. It takes a period of time to get along and confirm that the other party is trustworthy before in-depth cooperation.
Peggy rushed to the school library to collect materials, while Xiang Nan continued his research on "Super Asymmetry Theory".
was busy, Howard opened the door and walked in, looked around and smiled, "Is your beautiful assistant here?"
Xiang Nan closed the draft of the calculation without showing any emotion, and then explained, "I asked her to go to the library to help me collect materials."
"Howie, I want to remind you that she is my assistant, not the girl at the party." He then reminded, "Even if you want to chase her, you have to wait until she is off work, and you can't always look for her during work hours." .”
"OK, I know everything, you don't have to repeat it over and over again." Howard nodded awkwardly, "I'm not here to find her this time, but to find you. I've already found out about the relationship between her and Sheldon. It's over."
"En." Xiang Nan responded lightly, but did not appear very excited.
"Why, don't you want to know?" Seeing this, Howard asked suspiciously.
"I don't want to. This is my privacy. Since I don't want to talk about it, it's best not to inquire about it." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said.
After her parents divorced at the age of eleven, Peggy abandoned herself and became so depraved that she was abandoned by her family and moved to a foster home. In the past few years, I don't know how many grievances and insults I have suffered.
Her experience like this will inevitably make her sensitive, suspicious and insecure. If you pry into her privacy at will, it will definitely arouse her resistance.
Therefore, Xiang Nan would rather not know.
Howard heard what Xiang Nan said, thought for a while, and then nodded, "Well, what you said makes sense, then I'll go first."
After get off work at night, Xiang Nan continued to work with Howard and Leslie on the quantum navigation system.
Peggy saw that Xiang Nan didn't leave after get off work, so she asked, "Raj, do you want to work overtime? Do you want me to accompany you?"
"No, I'm just using my off-duty time to do a little research. It's not a big deal, so I won't delay your get off work." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled, "Besides, I can't afford your overtime pay either. "
"Okay, then I'll go first." Peggy nodded and said without further entanglement.
Xiang Nan then joined Howard and Leslie to continue research on the quantum navigation system.
"Our plan has matured day by day. I think we should be able to build a prototype in two months at most." Leslie laughed.
"That's great." Xiang Nan nodded. After so much effort, he finally saw the light.
"After the prototype is built, what should we do?" Howard asked, "Should we report to the school or apply for a patent?"
"It is clearly stipulated in the contract we signed with the school that the school has 75% of the equity in all research and development when we work in the school." Xiang Nan said quietly.
"What, seventy-five percent?!" Howard was taken aback, "The three of us worked hard to research this technology, and it didn't take up any resource of the school, so why does it take three quarters of the shares?! "
"Don't forget, the school paid us two years' wages, do you really think it's for charity?" Leslie shook his head.
"So you are on the side of the school?" Howard asked angrily when he saw her say that.
When he thinks that most of the fruits of his labor will be snatched away by the school, he feels annoyed in his heart.
"Although I am not happy, but the fact is, what can you and I do?" Leslie explained.
"Hmph!" Howard snorted angrily, pondered for a moment, and then suddenly shouted, "Hey, how about this, after the prototype is completed, the three of us will resign from the school and then apply for a patent. If this is the case, then we Can't you enjoy this patent exclusively?"
"It's not so easy to take advantage of loopholes. The school will definitely sue." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "As long as it finds a little bit of evidence that we researched this technology in school, our lawsuit will be lost. At that time, we will not only have to send Back to the patent, but also to compensate for the loss."
If it were so easy to take advantage of loopholes, all major colleges and universities in the United States would have collapsed long ago.
"Then what should we do? Is it just allowed to take three quarters of the patents?" Howard said unwillingly.
"Of course not." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "My opinion is that let the school get three-quarters of the patents, but we also need to sign a supplementary agreement with the school, requiring us to have the leading right to patents. And, it can only be used commercially. , not for military use."
"Military use?!" Howard said in surprise.
"Yes, you and I know how useful the quantum navigation system can be in the military field. So once the military knows that our quantum navigation system has been successfully developed, they will definitely want our technology.
Once this patent is used in the military, it will become top secret, and it will be impossible for us to commercialize it. Then we will stop thinking about getting rich. "Xiang Nan explained.
If the quantum navigation system is commercialized, they will start commercial cooperation with those companies, and they will have business contracts to bind each other, so that they will not be wiped out.
But the army is another set of laws, they cooperate with it, and they will be swallowed in minutes. Just like in the play, Leonard, Howard, and Sheldon worked hard for a year, but in the end it was nothing.
Howard shuddered when he heard what he said.
Leslie saw that his analysis was clear and logical, and also cast a fiery gaze on him.
"With the strength of the three of us, it is difficult to compete with the military, so we have to rely on the strength of the school and the strength of external capital." Xiang Nan suggested.
Howard and Leslie nodded vigorously after thinking for a moment.
(end of this chapter)