Chapter 591 This patent is given to you free of charge
The year 1986 passed without a trace. On New Year's Day, the United States celebrated New Year's Eve again. The countdown to New Year's Eve in New York's Times Square was broadcast live on TV. The picture showed a sea of people in Times Square, and everyone was cheering. However, China
People have little affection for New Year's Day. Only the Spring Festival is a day for Chinese people to celebrate. However, the neighbors were very lively and invited Liu Lang and his family to celebrate together. Liu Donglai and his wife also bought a lot of gifts, such as red wine, steak and other food.
The other party is very happy.
On January 5th, the Christmas vacation at Stanford ended. Liu Lang came to the school early and was ready to talk to Professor Claire. Now that he had fully grasped the difficult problem that the other party had given him, he should also fulfill his original promise.
But as soon as Liu Lang entered the campus, he met Professor Hanks.
"Liu Lang, I'm looking for you, come to me quickly!"
Professor Hanks couldn't help but pulled Liu Lang towards his office, and Sun Hu, who was not far away, followed secretly.
"What's the matter?"
Liu Lang asked.
"Good thing! Do you still remember the design of your fire ladder?"
Only then did Liu Lang remember the design paper on the special-shaped gears of the fire ladder.
"What's wrong?"
Liu Lang asked again.
"I made that design into a finished product, and later gave two sets to the Los Angeles Fire Department to let them try to see if they could be used in actual firefighting. Ten days ago, a hotel in downtown Los Angeles caught fire, and ordinary ladders could not rescue the victims on the sixth floor.
In the end, the ladder you designed played a key role in saving twelve people. Without this ladder, these people would have been in danger. Now Deputy Chief Banks of the Fire Department comes to you personally and wants to talk to you.
You cooperate to mass-produce such ladders!"
"So that's it!"
There were two people sitting in Professor Hanks' office. The leader was Deputy Chief Banks of the Los Angeles Fire Department. He was about forty-twenty-two or thirteen years old, tall and muscular.
"Mr. Banks, this is the designer, the youngest graduate student in the history of our Stanford University, Mr. Jimmy!"
Hanks pointed at Liu Lang.
Although the two people on the other side heard that the designer was a child, they were still shocked when they saw Liu Lang. He was really too young.
"Mr. Jimmy, my name is Banks, and I am the deputy chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department. This is Mark Dar, the legal counsel of the Los Angeles Fire Department!"
"Hello gentlemen, I'm glad that my design can help you. I'm even more pleased that I can save a dozen people!"
"Mr. Jimmy, your aerial ladder is very cleverly designed and has much more powerful functions than ordinary aerial ladders. If it is promoted, it will save more people. We are here to talk about cooperation with you. After all, you are the owner of the aerial ladder patent."
Who!"
Banks didn't talk nonsense and got straight to the point.
"How to cooperate?"
Liu Lang asked.
"We are here this time to purchase the patent rights from you on behalf of the California Emergency Management Agency. The patent transfer fee is US$650,000. Of course, you can also propose your own price. If it is higher than US$650,000, we need
Ask the State Emergency Management Agency for instructions!”
Banks said.
"Jimmy, if you don't want to transfer your patent, you can also designate a company to sell this type of ladder through authorization. The general authorization fee is ten to thirty percent of the sales price, but this will also have a huge cost.
Risk, after all, the structure of your special-shaped gear is not complicated. Once it appears on the market, it may be copied by other companies. If the basic shape is changed, it is difficult to legally define plagiarism by the other party, so I suggest you accept the state emergency management
Bureau’s offer!”
Hanks added from the sidelines.
Professor Hanks is right. Special-shaped gears are exquisite in design and unexpected in structure, but there is nothing unique in technology. They can be copied. Once the shape is changed, it is difficult to legally determine whether the other party has infringed the law.
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"Six hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and there's still some leftovers!"
Liu Lang found it very interesting. It seemed that this was the amount calculated by the other party. This amount of money was quite a lot in the United States in the 1980s.
"Mr. Banks, do you know Alexander Fleming?"
Liu Lang did not answer the other party, but asked a small question.
"Alexander Fleming? Who is this man?"
The other party is puzzled.
"Alexander Fleming was the discoverer of penicillin!"
Hanks answered casually, and he looked at Liu Lang in confusion. Why did the other party ask this question?
"Yes, Dr. Fleming discovered penicillin and achieved mass production during World War II. Countless penicillin drugs were sent to the front lines and saved millions of Allied soldiers. Later, someone told Dr. Fleming that if he applied for penicillin
He could become a multi-millionaire or even a billionaire if he applied for a patent, but he did not do so because once he applied for a patent, the low-cost penicillin would become expensive.
It is possible that some poor people cannot afford it. He feels that penicillin belongs to all mankind, not just him, so he finally refused to apply for a patent. Similarly, this kind of fire ladder can save more people, so why should I?
What about the patent fees? Besides, I didn’t spend any of my own money on this design, I just drew it casually, so I don’t need any fees!”
Liu Lang said lightly.
"What? Jimmy, do you mean to transfer the patent to us for free?"
Banks couldn't believe it.
"Why not? We can transfer the patent for free now!"
Liu Lang spread his hands and said.
"This...this...!"
Banks was at a loss now, and Liu Lang's answer was completely unexpected.
"Jimmy, wait a minute, I'll make a call first!"
After Banks finished speaking, he walked to the phone, picked up the phone and dialed.
"What are you waiting for! Why do you need to ask the leader for instructions on taking advantage of this kind of thing?"
Liu Lang was secretly amused.
Of course Banks has no objection, but everything must go through procedures, and Liu Lang's free transfer is also a procedure and must be carried out according to legal steps.
The result was of course what Liu Lang thought. If the other party refused, he would be a fool. In addition, the chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department was on the other side of the phone. He directly expressed his gratitude to Liu Lang on the phone and awarded him the title of honorary firefighter.
title.
Liu Lang's charity is really touching. Six hundred and fifty thousand US dollars is definitely not a small amount. It is the total income of an ordinary family for more than ten years. Who would donate more than ten years of income? Let alone ordinary people, even if they are
Hanks does not have such great courage. Of course, Hanks also knows that Liu Lang and Knight have a very good relationship. He should not be short of money, but to be able to do this, he also has noble sentiments. Not everyone can