Chapter 187 Unexpected Reunion

Once the bottleneck of lithium anode materials is broken through, the entire battery industry will benefit. Whether it is mobile phone charging or new energy vehicles, with the solution of the lithium dendrite problem, many problems will be solved, and things that could not be realized before are also possible.

However, with the birth of new technologies, it is bound to touch the interests of some people.

For example, in the laboratory doing this subject.

To prove a mathematical conjecture, what may be killed may be only a dozen papers that are expected to be published, but if it is the first to advance in a certain technical field, what may be killed may not be just a few papers, but an investment of tens of millions or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. 100 million research projects, and the researchers who originally served this bowl of rice.

Of course, it is impossible for Lu Zhou to hesitate because of such a trivial matter. The patents that should be registered must still be registered, and the papers that should be published will still be published.

And from another perspective, these social resources that were originally wasted on lithium anode materials can be transferred to other scientific research projects with more potential as the lithium dendrite problem is solved.

For example, the design of the battery itself, such as designing a production line for new batteries.

The social resources here can refer to research funding or researchers.

After returning to the dormitory, Lu Zhou began to fill in the materials required to apply for a patent, and briefly explained what the patent he wanted to register was.

Out of prudence, he didn't blow the bullshit too hard, but just used "an improved polydimethylsiloxane nanoporous film" as the reason for the application. As for the function of this invention, he filled in "capable of protecting negative electrode material".

In fact, Lu Zhou, who applied for a patent for the first time, did not know that his caution was completely overwhelmed.

There are patent applications for lithium anode materials almost every once in a while, and there are countless ones that blow the cowhide to the sky.

Apply a layer of paint to the electrode material, and some people dare to claim to have solved the lithium dendrite problem.

Just like the water journals in journals, there are a lot of absurd and bizarre stories in the patent library.

As for the reasons for this, on the one hand, many scientific research projects require patents, especially horizontal projects. You can't see patents, who cares how many SCI papers you can publish, and companies don't even have the interest in investing.

The other is policy reasons. Many companies still use old-fashioned thinking when "going global" and treat others as fools, which has caused the country to suffer a lot on patent issues. In order to catch up with the gap with developed countries, the State Intellectual Property Office has been relatively lenient on patent applications in recent years, and even has subsidy policies for patent applicants and enterprises.

Of course, there is another most critical factor that promotes the flood of patent databases, that is, patents are different from journals. In the latter, your paper will have strict peer review. Even if it is published, someone will take your paper in Tried and tested in the lab, picking your faults.

In the former, the auditor will only verify whether your design conflicts with existing patents, and will not test from a professional point of view whether your patent is really that awesome.

Journals can't guarantee that every "breakthrough" technology is true and reliable, let alone patents?

Lu Zhou could even guess that no one would notice the value of this technology from the publication of his patent to the filing of the patent document.

Unless he sells the experimental data everywhere, or waits until the patent is approved, writes his experiment in a paper and publishes it in a journal that is widely concerned by the industry...

After filling out the materials, as for the specific patent application process, Lu Zhou did not worry about it himself, but directly asked a reliable agency company to help.

The person in charge of acting as his patent attorney was a 30-year-old middle-aged man named Han Tianyu. Judging from his professional resume, this agent is quite reliable, but the weather-beaten professional smile always reminds Lu Zhou of the person who sells insurance in the bank.

From the domestic patent application to the internationalization of the patent, the one-stop service is provided, and all the other parties are guaranteed to handle it with the fastest speed, and signed a non-disclosure agreement.

Although it costs a lot of money, it is worth it for the protection of intellectual property rights.

Generally, large enterprises will have a special department for patent management, but Lu Zhou obviously does not have such a team. The best choice is naturally to find a reliable agency to help.

In fact, this is also the choice of many small and medium-sized enterprises, laboratories and individuals.

Whether it is the contact with the auditor or the follow-up defense, the workload is quite cumbersome, and even the formal patent document has a lot of knowledge in it.

If the patent is poorly written for an invention with a good idea, the result may be that the patent cannot be granted or be invalidated by other interested parties. It is no exaggeration to say that this thing is more troublesome than a lawsuit.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable that the patent attorney exam is one of the most difficult exams in China.

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After the patent application process started, Lu Zhou put his energy back on the Polignac conjecture.

In fact, for him, his daily life has not changed much. It is nothing more than that the place where he goes in and out has changed from a laboratory to a library, and the piles of experimental equipment that accompany him have changed from a large pile of experimental equipment to writing and preparing for battles. The seniors and sisters who are taking the postgraduate entrance examination... Oh no, it's time to be called juniors and sisters now.

Seeing them, Lu Zhou couldn't help feeling emotional.

In two or three years, if they are still at Jinda University, maybe they will have to respectfully call themselves Professor Lu?

Tsk tsk, it's quite exciting to think about it.

Just as Lu Zhou was on a errand, a scent of jasmine suddenly floated over from the side.

After poking his arm, the man asked quietly beside him with a trace of slyness in his voice.

"Student brother, how do you write this question?"

"What about the question? Let's take a look...Sister?!"

Lu Zhou was surprised when he saw the person sitting next to him, and almost thought he was hallucinating due to heatstroke...

Looking at the stunned Lu Zhou, Chen Yushan felt a little proud, she pursed her lips and smiled, and said happily.

"How about it, junior, are you surprised to see senior sister? Are you surprised?"

Surprise... not to mention, but surprise is indeed too surprising.

"It's really surprising..."

By the way, didn't she get admitted to Yan University? Why did you go back to Jinda...

Wait, something seems wrong.

Frowning slightly, Lu Zhou suddenly realized what the problem was, coughed lightly, and reminded him gently.

"...Speaking of which, I'm also a graduate student now."

The implication is that in terms of seniority, we are already on the same level.

Chen Yushan blinked, and was not as surprised as Lu Zhou expected, but said in a very ordinary way: "I know, I heard Meng Qi say that you graduated at the beginning of this year. It's too much not to tell me!"

As she said that, there was a trace of complaint in the senior sister's eyes.

Lu Zhou: "..."

MMP!

It's fine if you don't know that I'm already in graduate school, but if you know, you still call me junior. Who is going too far?

Just when he was about to say something, a heavy cough suddenly came from the front.

The breath called single dog instantly made the originally small and fresh air heavy.

The expressions of the two were slightly awkward, not because they were single, but because they suddenly realized that they were in the library.

With a bit of embarrassment on her face, Chen Yushan pointed to the door with her index finger, and suggested in a low voice: "How about... I invite you to have something to drink?"

Lu Zhou looked around, and although he was reluctant to finish the calculation, he still nodded.

"……All right."

Shrouded by the breath of resentment, he couldn't stay in this place any longer.

Moreover, it was rare for her to come back from Shangjing, so it was impossible for him to leave her alone. The friendship between the two was good.

Not to mention, she even offered to treat her.