Chapter 332
Chapter 332
In the early days of the patent bill enacted in Lakeville, there were very few folk responding to it, most people were skeptical about it, and after the initial novelty, the public generally thought that it was the Lord’s way of protecting those inventions of his own. This is too normal, since ancient times, a bit of skill people will not easily teach their own skills to others, I think the noble lord of the count of Greiman can not get out of this mold, watching others use their own inventions to make profits but not to share some of their own who are not happy.
But Paul Greiman is the lord, of course he can require others to comply with his own decree, as for his own? Would a lord be bound by his own decrees? This is ridiculous.
Therefore, in the early stage of the door to apply for a patent are basically some of the reputation of the people, with some unknown things to gain fame, Paul had to instruct to accept the application of the Council of State to strictly check, strictly prohibit indiscriminate.
“I think we can give it a try… His Lordship must be serious.”
In a classroom of Wise College, a group of people were sitting around a table discussing the patent bill, and one of the students named Jim said with glowing eyes.
Nick who was sitting opposite him was a bit hesitant, “I believe that Lord Lord’s this decree is not for real, it’s just that …… it’s just that ……”
This group of students not long ago ended their geographic mapping work in Emden and returned to Lakewood, then they learned about the patent bill, and immediately someone proposed to apply for a patent on the [Lens Distance Measuring Instrument] that they had invented during the mapping period. They researched and found that in the patent system published by the Council of State, this kind of invention that many people brainstormed and combined their efforts to come up with could be applied for a team patent.
“Just? Just what? Nick, what are you still hesitating about?”
Jim yelled in displeasure; he was the one who first suggested patenting the rangefinder. Ever since he had learned about the patent laws, Jim had felt like pins and needles were growing under his buttocks on the stool and couldn’t sit still. Every moment he felt that someone will be in front of them to apply for a patent for the rangefinder – not without this possibility, Vis Academy to the Council of State under the jurisdiction of many places have sent a mapping team, in case the other team in the process of mapping a flash of …… days. The silver coins for nothing are going to be cheap for everyone else.
In Emden, the senior officers led by Bryce showed strong interest in their lens rangefinder, saying that this thing is very helpful for artillery and scouts, so it seems that if they can get the patent, won’t they be able to lie down and make money? Was there a more stable customer in the world than the Aldar army?
Jim even wondered if the patent would be applied for by the army first. After all, those artillerymen and officers also came into contact with the lens rangefinder, and the patent law did not make restrictions on the identity of the applicant.
So he was very dissatisfied with Nick’s hesitation, but there was nothing he could do, because you can play a major role in the invention and improvement of the tester.
Nick raised his head and said in a hesitant tone, “But without that mysterious letter, we wouldn’t have thought of using lenses to improve the rangefinder, and to apply for a patent without finding the letter writer, I think it’s too wrong.”
The initial version of the rangefinder invented for the artillery showed great inconvenience in practice, and the accuracy of the measurements was not good, and when they were thinking hard about ways to improve it, they received an unsigned letter, which described in detail the idea of using a telescope to improve the rangefinder, and Nick and others, after many experiments, finally achieved some results, and the artillerymen finally did not have to drag long ropes and need the cooperation of many people to measure the distance. However, they couldn’t figure out who wrote the letter, and the person who knew so much about geometry was probably someone from the Wise College, or someone from the army or some relevant department of the Council of State, the latter two being the most likely, or else he wouldn’t have known about the difficulties they encountered.
“What do you care about that ……”
The students split into two factions, arguing over whether or not to go for the patent immediately.
“Students, what are you discussing?”
From outside came a melodious girl, and a pretty figure entered the classroom. The crowd turned to look, and it was unexpectedly Ms. Betty – the head of the Bureau of Education of the Council of State, and also their dean.
“Good day, Ms. Betty.” The students greeted her. After Irene had taken over Wis Academy, she had done her best to improve the quality of teaching and daily management, recruiting teachers, dividing classes, refining the curriculum, strict examination system, etc., etc……. Wis Academy was no longer the same haystack that it had been when Paul had first created it, and could be considered a regular school in every aspect.
Although this beautiful lady is very young, even younger than some of the students in the college, but still by the college up and down the respect. Moreover, she was admired by all for her scholarly status and her attainments in learning, especially in philology, and it was well known that the telegraphic communication works, which had been so much in vogue of late, had been designed and constructed under the auspices of Mrs. Betty.
“Ms. Betty, it’s this way ……”
Nick stood up and spoke to Erin on behalf of his classmates about their woes.
“Oh? Can you show me the letter?” Erin got interested. Nick pulled out the letter and handed it to her.
After reading just a sentence or two, Erin almost laughed; the letter’s style of writing and that deliberately disguised handwriting were all too familiar to her.
Why it wasn’t signed with her own name was a bit of a mystery to Erin as well.
After continuing to read it without moving, Irene said to the students, “I suggest that you just boldly go ahead and apply for a patent, I recognize the handwriting on this letter, it’s a friend of mine, and I’m certain that he’d be very happy to see you get a patent.”
“But ……” Although the Dean said this, several of the students, including Nick, still had doubts, “can’t you introduce us? We’d like to talk to him, and he should have a share in the patent.”
“That won’t be necessary.” Erin waved her hand, “That friend of mine’s identity is not convenient to publicize, so there’s no need to involve him.”
The crowd speculated, could it be someone who is engaged in secret work?
“Thank you, Ms. Dean.” Jim smiled happily as he took his elbow and poked Nick beside him, “The lady has confirmed it, what are you still hesitating for?”
“That …… well, we’ll write the application here.”
Nick finally agreed, in fact, he was quite eager about applying for a patent, but he just couldn’t get past the previous hurdle.
The classroom was immediately lively.
“We can set up a workshop to mass produce rangefinders to supply the military and civilians, the sales must be very broad.”
“But it must need a lot of money to set up a workshop, and we have to hire people ……”
“Then …… start a small workshop first, and build the workshop after earning the first bucket of money.”
“The rangefinder needs a telescope, its patent is Lord Lord’s, don’t forget it.”
“We can’t just pay the royalties ……”
“Haha, although this thing has a simple structure, but with the protection of the lord’s law, we are not afraid of others imitating it.”
The crowd was talking and thinking of a bright future.
Aileen looked at the excited crowd and a wave of relief welled up in her heart. To use the law to safeguard and promote the advancement of technology – this was a phrase that Paul often hung on to, and now it was finally bearing fruit.
(End of chapter)