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Chapter 160 Senior Brother invites you
Domestic scientific researchers generally do not need to pay attention to intellectual property issues.

In public scientific research institutions such as universities and scientific research institutes, scientific researchers will sign intellectual property agreements before starting projects. The patent sharing between scientific researchers and institutions is also agreed upon in contracts.

In practice, the patent sharing ratio between researchers and institutions will also vary from project to project, depending on the negotiating power of the parties and the specific terms of the cooperation agreement.

Some institutions may formulate internal regulations or policies to clarify the principles and proportions of distribution of profits from patent conversion among scientific researchers and institutions.

But basically, there won’t be a big gap in the sharing ratio of public institutions, and there won’t be much room for negotiation. This can be regarded as an unspoken rule.

If it is an enterprise, it may have more requirements for the ownership of patents. Of course, if the enterprise conducts research and development, the bonuses will be much more generous than those of public scientific research institutes.

Generally speaking, scientific researchers are backed by big trees, so they can focus on scientific research and do not need to bargain for intellectual property benefits. Even if they want to bargain, there is no such big environment.

Foreign scientific researchers have to spend more time on intellectual property rights.

Because many foreign scientific research projects are private projects, project leaders have to find funds themselves to attract sponsorship, and sponsors who are willing to pay are also doing it for the income from intellectual property rights. Both parties often compete with each other for the share of intellectual property rights.

Sometimes when encountering a relatively unscrupulous sponsor, they will even kick out the project leader when the project is about to succeed, and then replace them with their own people to continue the work. After the results are achieved, the patent will be taken away.

"Lao Ma, what do you think? Is it necessary to apply for a patent for this scientific research result?" Principal Gu asked.

As a professor of science, Meng Heming obviously couldn't stand the inaccurate expression of numbers in liberal arts.

"Then how much do you think the patent would be worth if you applied for a patent?" Principal Gu continued to ask.

Top universities like Tsinghua University produce so many research results every year, so of course they will not fail to pay attention to intellectual property rights. Therefore, Tsinghua University has a dedicated intellectual property department, which is the Intellectual Property Service Center.

Professor Ma went on to introduce: "I am talking about the patent value of the vaccine. What we have now is only this nucleoside modification technology, not the real mRNA vaccine technology, so the price cannot be so high.

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Professor Ma thought for a while and replied: "The patent value of a vaccine is not only related to its technological innovation and practicality, but also to market demand, production costs, sales channels, competition landscape, policies and regulations, and public awareness and acceptance. Various factors are involved.

Lao Ma, you first prepare the materials for applying for a patent. You must communicate with Lao Meng in time when you want to apply for a patent. It’s not too early or too late. It’s best to apply for a patent a few days before the paper is published! "

If you apply for a patent too early, it is very likely that the research results will be exposed in advance. If others see this patent and notice the research direction, they are likely to produce results and publish the paper first.

Although domestic scientific researchers do not need to consider intellectual property issues, the management of the institution must consider intellectual property rights.

As a manager, Principal Gu thought of intellectual property rights at this time.

"Hundreds of thousands to several billions, Professor Ma, your span is quite big!" Meng Heming said from the side.

Professor Ma came to President Gu's office and listened to the introduction of nucleoside modification technology and mRNA vaccines.

Patent applications for scientific research results are very time-sensitive.

Therefore, to determine a reasonable price, you need to comprehensively consider all the above factors and conduct in-depth analysis and research. So I can't give you an exact answer. If you insist on a number, then I can only say that it is possible from hundreds of thousands of dollars to billions of dollars! "

"Of course it is necessary!" Professor Ma said without hesitation.

The person responsible for the intellectual property business is a professor from Tsinghua University Law School. For example, Professor Ma, whom Principal Gu hired, is an expert in the field of intellectual property.

If it is only used as a key core technology for the development of mRNA vaccine technology, the patent fees for this nucleoside modification technology will probably range from hundreds of thousands of dollars to several million dollars. This mainly depends on the buyer's willingness to purchase. "

It doesn’t matter if the patent application is too late. It must be at the same time as the publication of the paper at the latest. If the paper is published first and then the patent is applied for, the patent will lose its creativity and novelty.

"Shrinking from billions to millions, Professor Ma, you shrunk thousands of times in one breath!"

"A few million dollars? That's pretty good!" Principal Gu looked satisfied, and then began to assign tasks:
"Lao Meng, I will contact Shi Yigong later and ask him to help review the paper. You will be responsible for following up on the publication of the paper.

There must be someone who has had this idea. If someone else publishes a certain scientific research result in a paper, and I use this scientific research result to register a patent, then doesn’t the patent belong to me? In the future, you can make a lot of money just by collecting patent fees.

But in fact, you can't make a penny from this kind of operation.

If a patent wants to make money, there are two major elements, namely creativity and novelty.

Creativity is easy to understand, that is, compared with existing technologies, your patent must have outstanding substantive features and significant progress.

If your patent is just a new skin and has no progress compared with the previous technology, no one will waste money to buy this patent.

Novelty means that the technology has not been published in journals, used publicly, or otherwise known to the public before the patent filing date. If the patent does not contain novelty, there will be no claim for infringement.

For example, if you sue someone for infringing your patent and ask the other party to pay compensation, the other party will come up with a paper and say, I used the technology introduced in the paper, and the paper was published later than the time you applied for the patent. Early, so I am not infringing your patent.

If the patent application time is earlier than the paper publication time, this situation does not exist, because the patent application is first and the paper is published later. Even if the other party produces the paper, it will infringe on your patent rights.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, patent applications are submitted close to the publication of the paper. This can prevent someone from rushing to publish a paper and prevent someone from rushing to register a patent.

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Principal Gu personally contacted Shi Yigong and sent the paper. Professor Ma started busy preparing materials to apply for a patent.

Zhang Wei, who completed the project, was not idle. He uploaded the modified new version of the DOTA map to Blizzard's official forum.

The Yangdao version of the DOTA map has not been updated recently, mainly because World of Warcraft was launched in the United States, and Yangdao was busy updating copies, and even lost contact for a time.

At this time, a DOTA map suddenly appeared under the banner of official certification, which naturally attracted many players to download it.

At the same time, Zhang Wei also released the Chinese version of this map in several domestic communities. After all, China has a large player base and many people play World of Warcraft, so it will definitely become DOTA's largest market.

In this version, Zhang Wei has added two new representative heroes, Shadow Demon and Butcher. The Butcher, in particular, is definitely one of the most enduring heroes in DOTA. Even in DOTA2, he is still the most common hero.

The appearance of two representative heroes immediately aroused discussion among players. Several new tactics using the Butcher have appeared in Blizzard's official forum.

On this day, Zhang Wei was sitting in front of the computer, checking players' evaluations of the new heroes. His cell phone rang suddenly. It was Du Zhiqiang, the director of the computer department.

"Director Du, what are your instructions?" Zhang Wei answered the phone.

"Zhang Wei, are you in school? If so, come to the computer department! I'll introduce you to a senior!" Du Zhiqiang said.

"Okay, I'll be there right away. But can you first reveal who this great master is?" Zhang Wei then asked.

Du Zhiqiang said, "When you went to the United States as an exchange student, did you win a game championship?"

"Yes! Do you know about this?"

"I just found out today. Let me just say, you are very talented in computers. You really should come to our computer department!"

"Does playing games count as computer talent? Director Du, don't be ridiculous. If your words get out, the parents of those students will definitely hate you! But what does this have to do with the senior brother you want to introduce?"

"This senior brother of yours is a game maker. His name is Li Qing. Have you heard of Zulong Studio? He founded it," Du Zhiqiang said.

"Zulong? There seems to be some impression." Zhang Wei thought for a while, then asked: "Is it the Zulong Studio in Perfect World?"

"You are quite well-informed! Perfect World was just established this year, so you already know it!"

"Perfect World was just established this year! I thought it had been established for several years!"

"The founder of Perfect World is the boss of Hong En Education. He also graduated from Tsinghua University. There is a teaching software called "Creation of the World". As you know, it was made by Hong En Education."

"I was impressed as soon as you mentioned "Creation of the World"! It seems that our Qingdao University is really full of talents, and I can be regarded as a senior fellow all over the world! Ask Senior Brother Li to wait for me, I will be there right away."

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Founded in 1997, Zulong Studio is definitely a pioneer among Chinese game development teams. The biggest feature of this studio is its 3D game engine with independent intellectual property rights. At that time, this 3D game engine was even ahead of South Korea's level.

In 2004, Perfect World Company was established, and Zulong Studio joined Perfect World and developed "Perfect World". At that time, this game was called the most beautiful game in China, and was even promoted as a benchmark against Blizzard's World of Warcraft because its 3D effects were so good.

Later, Zulong Studio produced popular game works such as "Perfect World International Edition", "Zhu Xian", "Hot Dance Party", "Pocket Journey to the West", "Fantasy Zhu Xian", and "The Continent of Gods and Demons".

In 2014, Zulong Studio became independent from Perfection and established Zulong Entertainment, and its work focus also shifted to mobile games. Later, Zulong Entertainment reached a cooperation with Tencent, and Tencent provided financing for Zulong Entertainment. In 2020, Zulong Entertainment was also successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Li Qing, the founder of Zulong Studio, did not major in computer science, but graduated from the Engineering Physics Department of Tsinghua University. While running Zulong Studio, he also studied for a master's degree at the Institute of Nuclear Energy Technology of Tsinghua University.

This also illustrates the greatness of Li Qing. A person who was not a computer major and was not working full-time could actually make the best 3D engine in China at that time.

Although Zhang Wei had never met this senior brother Li Qing, when he came to the reception of the Computer Department, he recognized him at a glance.

That kind of entrepreneur who is a programmer has a special temperament, it's so obvious!
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