The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 265

"You have a patent!" Standing up abruptly again, his eyes fixed on Huang He.

"Yes, I have!" Huang He nodded sincerely.

"Aren't you a server? Why are there patents for lithography machines?" Makoto Kimura asked in disbelief.

"Just for interest!" Huang He chuckled, and then Hu Jing took out another document and handed it to Makoto Kimura. Makoto Kimura took a look and found that it was a list of patents, which listed more than 100 patents in total.

"There are a total of 127 patents related to immersion lithography machines, of which 52 patents have been applied for, and 75 patents are being applied for, all of which are applied by our company group first, and all the procedures are complete. , under normal circumstances, there is a 99% chance that the application will be successful!"

"And these are all global patents, which can be used in all countries in the world!"

"These patents are closely related to the technology of immersion lithography machines. They are patents that are difficult to bypass in the process of R&D, production and sales. With these patents in hand, as long as our Jiangnan Group disagrees, ASML's immersion lithography machines If they want to go public, they will have to spend at least 5 million U.S. dollars in research expenses to detour, and at the same time, it will delay them for 1 to 2 years!" Huang He said with a smile.

"It's too late, let's talk tomorrow!" Makoto Kimura said, "Tomorrow I will welcome Huang Sang in Nikon's chairman's office!" Makoto Kimura smiled.

"Don't dare, I will definitely arrive tomorrow!" Huang He laughed.

The next night will be a day for all social animals in Nikon's technical department to stay up late. Whether they work overtime in the company or not, as long as they are technicians related to lithography machine technology, they will all be recruited by the general manager. The company's phone was called back to the company to work overnight.

Their tasks are very heavy. On the one hand, they need to verify the authenticity of the experimental data given by Huang He, and on the other hand, they also need to verify the authenticity of those patents. At the same time, they also need to evaluate the entire lithography machine technology.

All in all, because of Huang He, the entire Nikon has completely fallen into a state of anxiety. From the company president Makoto Kimura to the ordinary technicians, no one can get a good night's sleep.

It wasn't until around nine o'clock in the morning of the second day that the person in charge of the technical department reported to Makoto Kimura with dark circles under his eyes.

"Is this immersion lithography machine real?" Makoto Kimura asked a question.

"After our overnight calculations, the possibility of technology is more than 80%. If we are desperate, we can indeed come up with a prototype within a year!" said the person in charge of the technical department.

"What exactly is this immersion lithography machine technology? This technology was handed over to you two years ago, but you gave me the answer that this technology has no possibility of success and will cause great waste?" Kimura Makoto asked angrily.

The reason why Makoto Kimura refused to send the technology to the door before was because the technical department under him issued a technical report, which made Makoto Kimura finally make up his mind.

"Because we feel that this technology is just opportunistic and has no long-term development value!" The person in charge of the technical department said with his head down, "The essence of a lithography machine is to use light to carve lines on single crystal silicon. The thinner the engraved lines, the more The more circuits that can be accommodated in a unit volume, the lower the computing power and operating power of the chip will be.”

"The thickness of the line depends on the wavelength of the light source. The reason why all lithography machine technology is stuck at the level of 50 nanometers and cannot move is because the light source of the lithography machine is limited to this position. The company is currently developing in three directions. The technical exploration and research and development carried out are all trying to find light sources with finer wavelengths."

"However, this immersion-type schlieren imaging technology cannot help us find a light source with a higher wavelength. Instead, a thin water film is added to the monocrystalline silicon, and then the refraction effect of water is used to convert the light wavelength To improve, so as to obtain a thinner line."

"It's as if a character in the game has a strength attribute of 100 points, and then it is equipped with a piece of equipment that can increase its strength by 70%, so it gains 170 points of strength, but this does not change the strength attribute of the game character itself. If we still need higher strength attributes in the future, we still have to find a way to increase the basic attributes of the character." The technical director explained

"So the results that this technology can achieve essentially depend on the wavelength of the light source itself, so this is just a temporary technology to help you break through the limit. If we can't make further breakthroughs in the light source in the future, we will still fall into a bottleneck Unable to extricate themselves."

"However, you can produce results in one year, but your new light source has not seen any dawn until now. When your new light source comes out, the entire market has been completely taken away by other competitors!" Makoto Kimura Cursing, scolding the person in charge of the technical department bloody, as if the decision to reject this technology was made by someone else and had nothing to do with Makoto Kimura.

"Forget it, it's useless to talk about the previous things. I want to know now, is the list of technology patents presented by the yellow crane true?" Makoto Kimura asked again.

"It's true!" The person in charge of the technical department nodded and said, "We have sent someone to the PCT to conduct an inquiry, and what the other party said is true."

"This is simply unbelievable!" Makoto Kimura shook his head, "How can a leather company in a backward country have so many technologies related to immersion lithography machines? Have they already developed immersion lithography machines? Has it made a lot of progress? But if they really have, there is no need to come to us for cooperation, they are the first to come up with products, can't they be able to monopolize the benefits?"

"President, in fact, these patents of the other party do not require much research and development efforts!" The person in charge of the technical department said quickly.

"No need for R&D strength? What's the situation?" Makoto Kimura asked puzzled.

"Yes, we carefully inquired about the origins of these 127 patents, and found that 52 technical patents that have been successfully applied for were actually issued by a total of 15 companies or Individuals applied for technical patents, and about half a year ago, Jiangnan Group completed the patent acquisition and purchased these 1 patents from these 9 companies or individuals!"

"What! You mean, they bought these patents!" Makoto Kimura was shocked.

"Yes, that's it. According to our speculation, Jiangnan Group probably discovered the possibility of immersion lithography technology half a year ago, and also predicted that this will become the mainstream development direction of lithography machines in the future. So Jiangnan Group took advantage of this technology before it made a sound in the industry, and took the first step to acquire those related patents that were scattered in the hands of enterprises or individuals."

"Although no company has conducted special research on immersion lithography technology before, when researching other products, they will more or less touch some patents common to immersion lithography technology, so in the PCT, there are more than 100 patents in total. Scattered related patents did not form the entire technical system.”

"Jiangnan Group took a fancy to this point and purchased 52 patents applied by small enterprises or individuals at a very low price. According to our statistics, these 52 patents probably cost less than 50 yuan. The average price of each patent is less than 1 yuan, because these patents themselves have no actual use value, and can only be brought into full play when they are integrated into the patent barriers of immersion lithography technology. corresponding value."

"As for the remaining 75 patents that are still being applied for, almost all of them were applied for half a year ago, and it is expected that the approval will be completed in about two months. These technical patents are the simplest in immersion lithography technology. , the most superficial, even a low-tech country like China, can easily develop patents."

"Just like the skin of an apple, it is directly exposed to the outside. It is not so difficult to obtain such a patent and then apply for it!"

"But these simplest technologies, the most basic technologies, are the most difficult to bypass technologies and patents."

"This also confirms my previous guess. Jiangnan Group foresaw the future of immersion lithography technology half a year ago, so they snatched a batch of the simplest patents in a targeted manner, and then held them in their hands." The person in charge said that his mouth was dry, and he couldn't help looking at the water glass on Makoto Kimura's table, but Makoto Kimura had no intention of giving him water at all.

"Can you find a way to bypass those patents in his hand?" Makoto Kimura asked again.

"Yes, but we need to file a lawsuit, and we need to deal with it up and down, and even if we win the lawsuit in the end, we must pay the other party a huge amount of compensation, which may be as high as 1 million U.S. dollars, and at the same time, it will be delayed for 2-[-] years. time," said the official.

"I understand, this is really a cunning guy. He realized the value of this immersion lithography technology half a year in advance, so he wanted to get a batch of the simplest patents first, but they did not have any R&D lithography machines themselves. The strength of technology, he just wants to use these patents to blackmail, blackmail companies like us to give him certain benefits, otherwise those patents in his hands can disgust us to death!" Makoto Kimura finally saw through Huang He this time this person.

Despicable, insidious, but also sharp-eyed, courageous, and decisive, no wonder he was able to create the monster Jiangnan Group in more than a year.

Makoto Kimura even had to admit that compared with Huang He, his ability might be inferior to that of Huang He, and there were only a dozen or so people in Japan who could overwhelm Huang He.

Of course, Kimura Makoto didn't have the idea that "the real harm is so great that it must not be left behind".On the contrary, Makoto Kimura felt that this incident proved that the pattern of Huanghe is just like that. The most important thing is that Jiangnan Group will not become a participant in the lithography machine market, but will become a huge player in the lithography machine market. Buyers, they must win over this future good customer no matter what.

Thinking of this, Kimura Makoto has some sincere enthusiasm for Huang He.

(End of this chapter)