Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 785 Patent Application Process
Kailinna raised her head and looked at Niu Xiaoqiang's anxious expression, she couldn't help laughing and said, "Are you worried that I have thoughts about this? Don't worry, I didn't plan to marry you at first, and I have no intention of marrying anyone." Relationship, what's the second thing?"

Niu Xiaoqiang heaved a sigh of relief, and replied: "The second thing is that our relationship was found out by... your parents."

This time, Kailinna was no longer as relaxed as before. She showed a look of surprise and surprise, and asked, "How did they know?"

Niu Xiaoqiang explained the situation, and Kailinna finally understood.She frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "What's their attitude towards this matter?"

"They all expressed their non-interference in this matter, and your mother also said that I would take you home for a meal sometime."

Kailinna snorted, without any worries: "Since they said they would not interfere, then there is nothing to worry about. If we have time, we will go home."

Niu Xiaoqiang hesitated: "What relationship do we two go home with?"

"Of course it's a partnership relationship. It's fine for them to know about the private life. There's no need to talk about it."

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded: "Okay, just do as you want."

After explaining these two things, Niu Xiaoqiang relaxed a lot.He raised his glass and said with a smile, "Let's drink."

Kailinna then raised her glass and looked straight at Niu Xiaoqiang: "Before drinking this glass of wine, I would like to remind you solemnly that I will not interfere with your private life in the future, nor can you interfere with mine. We only In a partnership, there can be intimacy in private, but only at night."

Niu Xiaoqiang has long been surprised by Kailinna's behavior. Even if Kailinna is an American, she is very open-minded, but she can't be so open-minded, right?By the way, what is this doing?

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't bear it any longer, and asked sincerely: "Karina, I have a question for you. Why do you want to maintain this strange relationship with me?"

Kailinna couldn't see the slightest embarrassment, and replied solemnly: "Because I am very afraid of talking about relationships with others. I have never been in love since I was a child."

Niu Xiaoqiang was surprised: "Didn't you say that Americans started dating in middle school? Why are you different from other people?"

Kailinna smiled self-deprecatingly: "The reason is very simple, because I have a bad personality, no one dares to pursue me actively, and I am also very proud, afraid of being rejected by others, so I dare not actively pursue others, so until Now, I haven't even talked about love."

This explanation is very reasonable, Niu Xiaoqiang nodded: "I see, but you are changing your character, I believe you can overcome these obstacles in the future."

Kailinna smiled: "That's why I told you in advance that we will not interfere with each other in the future. If I really find a suitable partner, our personal relationship will naturally end at that time."

Niu Xiaoqiang hummed: "I have no objection, come on, let's drink."

The two toasted again, this time taking only a sip.

After putting down her wine glass, Kailinna got back to the topic and talked about the company: "The company has been registered successfully, and I will apply for a patent next. After the patent application is completed, the company will start operating, but before that, we need to put the company Choose a good office address, after all, it is a formal company, and there is no office space."

According to Niu Xiaoqiang, he can completely work in the rented house in the future. Anyway, the space here is quite large, and it is definitely enough.

"You can work here in the future, and you can save the rent of the office. It's a double win."

Kailinna shook her head: "I am a very principled person. Work is work and life is life. They cannot be confused. If I work here with you, I will not be able to distinguish the boundaries between work and life. I am not used to it, so I think it’s better to rent an office outside.”

When Niu Xiaoqiang heard this, he couldn't stick to his opinion. He nodded: "I respect your opinion on this aspect, but I don't have much money left. I wonder how long it will take to apply for a patented technology?"

"What you have are all invention patents. It takes about two years from application to final confirmation, but as long as the application is submitted and the patent office does not find the same patented technology through search, it can immediately enter the patent protection period. This time Even if the patent certificate is not obtained within the period, the applicant can still use the patented technology for commercial activities. If the patented technology is found to be illegal, such as plagiarism, the applicant will bear the consequences of commercial operations. , that is, liability for compensation.”

Niu Xiaoqiang snorted: "There is no plagiarism problem in any of our technologies, and they are absolutely reliable. I wonder how long it will take for the patent office to conduct a search?"

Karina has a double degree of MBA and law, she is very clear about this situation, she immediately replied: "There are two methods of patent search, the first is to search by the patent office, and the second is to entrust professionals or institutions Self-searching, the former takes a long time, at least half a year, and the latter takes a relatively short time. As long as the search results come out, you can immediately enter the patent protection period and start commercial activities. Of course, the latter requires additional It depends on how you choose to pay the reward."

Naturally, Niu Xiaoqiang didn't want to delay the time to earn money, so he asked, "How much will it cost to ask someone to search?"

"I worked in a law firm. According to the pricing of the law firm, it costs two thousand dollars to search for a patent."

Niu Xiaoqiang has [-] patents of various sizes in his hands, and it will cost a total of [-] US dollars in search fees.This amount of money was not too much, but Niu Xiaoqiang only had [-] US dollars left in his hands. After deducting the patent application fee, there was only [-] US dollars left. Such a small amount of money was obviously not enough to rent an office.

He thought of this and then asked: "Where are you going to rent an office? How much will it cost?"

Karina has planned this long ago. In order to prove her strength to her former employers, she plans to rent offices near those companies: "I think the center of Boston is better, where the transportation is convenient and the business is more convenient." If it is developed, just rent a house there, the annual rental fee is about 10,000+ US dollars, and if you add the cost of redecoration and purchase of office supplies, it will cost more than 20 US dollars.”

When Niu Xiaoqiang heard this, he said, "It's so expensive!"

Karina explained: "Americans also do business based on strength. If our office is too shabby, people will look down on us. This will affect the other party's senses, and then affect the initiative of the negotiation."

　The condition worsened, I had a fever for most of the day today, and it got better in the evening, I got up and coded these two chapters, ashamed...

　　
　
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