Traveling through 1980 to become a top student

Chapter 37

Lin Jinglan glanced at the content of the letter hastily, then threw the letter paper aside, and continued to immerse herself in the sea of ​​questions.

Zhao Yumei couldn't help but ask, "Your... patent? Has it been approved?"

Lin Jinglan kept writing the pen, and said with a smile, "Not approved."

"Gong——" Zhao Yumei's congratulations stuck in her throat, she turned her head and widened her eyes, and looked at Lin Jinglan in surprise, "No approval?"

Lin Jinglan nodded, "That's right, it's not approved."

Zhao Yumei had an unbelievable expression on her face, "I didn't even approve it..." After a long time, she regained her composure and muttered to herself, "It's the first time I saw you do something but failed..."

Lin Jinglan thought it was funny, "I can do everything anywhere."

Zhao Yumei said, "Besides, your demeanor and tone just now seemed too much like a patent has been approved. Every time you succeed, you always look so calm, how could you accidentally see you miss once, and you still look like this?" ?”

Lin Jinglan smiled and said, "I didn't hold out much hope."

She designed the energy-saving stove just to solve the problem of not having coal to boil water in the school. Writing a thesis and applying for a patent are all easy things. This is actually a habit she developed in her previous life. presented.

She is completely unaware of the patent approval system in this era, and there is no need for her to waste time doing homework on it as the college entrance examination is approaching.It's really just a random application. If it is approved, it will be a surprise, and if it is not approved, it is also expected.

Therefore, Lin Jinglan was not very surprised to receive the news that the patent application was not approved today, let alone disappointed.

Zhao Yumei took the letter that Lin Jinglan had thrown aside and read it carefully. After a while, she said in surprise, "Jing Lan! This...the Patent Office wants to give you money?"

Lin Jinglan was taken aback, "What money? Didn't the patent application fail?" Even if the application was approved, shouldn't the patent office give her the money?

Zhao Yumei handed the letter paper to Lin Jinglan, pointed at a certain place, and said to Lin Jinglan, "Look at what is written here? Doesn't it mean to give you money?"

After Lin Jinglan finished reading the two lines Zhao Yumei pointed to, her face was full of puzzlement, "Because I am the first non-governmental applicant, although my application was not approved, I will be given a certain material reward... "

Lin Jinglan snorted, "Do you really mean to give me money?" She was also full of doubts, that there was such a thing.

Zhao Yumei said to Lin Jinglan, "You really didn't even read the letter carefully. Fortunately, I saw it."

Lin Jinglan was slightly embarrassed, and smiled at Zhao Yumei, "Thanks to you."

She looked at the letter in her hand again and again, and said inexplicably, "Why didn't you send the remittance slip and the letter together, and it will arrive in a few days?"

Zhao Yumei also shook her head puzzled.

"Lin Jinglan, your letter."

Lin Jinglan smiled at Zhao Yumei, "It's probably the remittance slip." She was very happy to have another windfall.

Lin Jinglan saw the address on the envelope, but unexpectedly, "Tsinghua University? Gu Qi?"

Who is Gu Qi from Tsinghua University?Lin Jinglan tore open the envelope full of doubts. She didn't know anyone in Tsinghua University at all, so she didn't understand why this Gu Qi would write to her.

After Lin Jing read the letter from beginning to end, he finally figured out the whole story.Gu Qi is a graduate student of Professor Zhang of Tsinghua University, and Professor Zhang is the reviewer of her previous patent application.

Gu Qi said in the letter that Professor Zhang was inspired by Lin Jinglan's patent and ordered Gu Qi to apply for a patent for their scientific research results. However, his patent application has been rejected twice so far.He had seen Lin Jinglan's address from Professor Zhang, and now he took the liberty to write to her and ask her for advice on how to write a patent application.

Lin Jinglan couldn't laugh or cry. The students of the patent reviewer could see her address and even write to her. It seems that in this era, people don't have the concept of blind review at all, and they don't have much awareness of protecting personal information.

Lin Jinglan was puzzled, how could Gu Qi ask her for advice?Even though her patent application was not approved, Gu Qi is a student of the reviewer, so he even knows her address, so why not know about her patent rejection?
After thinking about it, Lin Jinglan wrote back, "Hello, Mr. Gu, my patent application has not been approved. I don't know why you asked me for advice. But after reading the patent application attached to your letter, I am I can give you some advice..."

She could see the problems with Gu Qi's patent application at a glance.Because she made almost the same mistakes back then, and they were the most common mistakes made by people who have not been trained in patent applications.

Although she doesn't know much about the current patent review situation, the core of the patent application will not change.One is that the patent to be applied for must be truly innovative, the other is that the expression must be clear and standardized, and the third point is Lin Jinglan’s own experience accumulated in her previous life. Patent application is actually to seek a balance between the applicant and the patent office. Sometimes people have to make the necessary concessions and only apply for patents for the most core and most protected parts.

Gu Qi's biggest problem was the third point. He wrote all aspects of the entire experimental platform piecemeal, so it seemed disorganized.Such a patent application will definitely not be approved.

"I suggest you make a choice and only apply for a patent for the core technology... I hope it can help you and help you succeed in your patent application!"

Lin Jinglan finished writing the reply in one go, put down the pen in her hand, and felt a burst of relief in her heart.It is really a joy to be able to share my experience with others and help others.

Seeing that Lin Jinglan was reading and answering the letter intently, Zhao Yumei suppressed her curiosity and did not say anything to disturb her.As soon as Lin Jinglan put down her pen, Zhao Yumei immediately turned her head and leaned over, "Did the withdrawal slip arrive? Why are you still replying?"

Lin Jinglan handed Zhao Yumei the letter she received and the reply letter she had just written, and sighed, "It's not a withdrawal slip, I thought it was." The main reason was that she wanted to know how much money there would be, so she didn't even have an amount. I know, it's too tantalizing.

However, Lin Jinglan estimated that the amount of money was not large. After all, it was only a reward for the first private patent applicant, and it should only be symbolic.

Zhao Yumei read the two letters word by word, and carefully put the letters back on Lin Jinglan's desk, "I've known you for so long, yet I—" Zhao Yumei sighed.

Lin Jinglan quietly waited for Zhao Yumei's next words.

"I haven't learned not to be surprised by you..." Zhao Yumei sighed quietly.

"Obviously it's been so many times, and every time you can surprise everyone, you have done everything that is impossible in the eyes of others."

Zhao Yumei held Lin Jinglan's hand, "As your friend, I don't know you well enough, and I'm always shocked by you like everyone else."

Zhao Yumei looked at Lin Jing, "Jing Lan, do you think my friend is not qualified?"

Lin Jinglan was so shocked by Zhao Yumei's words that she couldn't recover, "Of course not! Why do you think so?"

Lin Jinglan didn't know what to say anymore, "I just answered a letter, nothing special at all..." Seeing Zhao Yumei's eyes, Lin Jinglan's voice became lower and lower, realizing that now was not the time to tell the truth.

Lin Jinglan suddenly realized that what she didn't think was worthy of praise and admiration was indeed very powerful in the eyes of senior high school students of this era.

Lin Jinglan explained to Zhao Yumei seriously, "You are already a great friend..." She cherishes the friendship with Zhao Yumei very much, and she will carefully maintain this friendship.

Gu Qi casually opened Lin Jinglan's reply letter without much hope.

Since Professor Zhang asked him to apply for a patent, he did not know how many nights he had stayed up and how many times he had revised the patent application, but after showing it to Professor Zhang, the professor was still not satisfied.Although the professor asked him to send the application, Gu Qi could see that Professor Zhang meant to let him send the application to try his luck.Sure enough, his patent application was rejected.

He revised the mail again and was rejected again.Although Professor Zhang didn't say anything, Gu Qi could see his disappointment.

Gu Qi was in a state of desperation because of this patent, so he sent a letter to Lin Jinglan for advice in a hurry, but he didn't think that Lin Jinglan, a middle school teacher, could give him any useful advice.

Gu Qi unfolded the letter paper, glanced quickly, and froze after only reading two lines.He involuntarily moved closer to the letter paper, held his breath, and read word by word.

After reading Lin Jinglan's reply three times, Gu Qi hastily took out the application he wrote earlier, and quickly revised it.The first thing he did was to slash across the application form with a pen, and drastically deleted a lot of content.

Gu Qi was very excited, he really didn't expect Lin Jinglan's suggestion to be so useful, it literally woke him up.He couldn't find the problem by himself before, but when Lin Jinglan said it, he suddenly realized that it was just that.

Gu Qi admired Lin Jinglan all over the place. Such a talent, it is too inferior to be a teacher in a middle school in a township.

Gu Qi finished revising the application in one go, and settled for another two days, modifying some details.He compared the revised application in his hand with what he had written before, and he felt that what he had written before was unbearable to look at directly.

Looking at the current application form, Gu Qi felt very satisfied.He folded the application carefully and stuffed it into the envelope.When I wanted to write the address, I hesitated.

In the end, instead of writing the address of the Patent Office, he changed his pen and wrote Lin Jinglan's address.

After Gu Qi sent the letter, he felt strange, why did he send the revised application to Lin Jinglan?After much deliberation, he had to admit that he subconsciously felt that if Lin Jinglan replied that he had no problem, then he would definitely be able to pass it to the Patent Office.If Lin Jinglan replies that he has a problem, it means that he really needs to continue to improve.

Gu Qi's thoughts drifted away, Lin Jinglan, the name sounds like a woman, maybe an elderly and experienced female teacher?No, Lin Jinglan's own patent is about cooking stoves. Women are not good at this. It should be a male teacher, but the name is slightly feminine...

Gu Qi's letter and the patent office's letter were mailed to Qingshan Middle School at the same time.Lin Jinglan took the two letters and glanced at the two envelopes.

Zhao Yumei immediately saw the address of the Patent Office and said to Lin Jinglan, "Open this letter first! Let's see how much the Patent Office rewarded you?"

Seeing Zhao Yumei's anxious look, Lin Jinglan smiled and said, "Not a lot, it should be a symbolic one." She tore open the envelope.

(End of this chapter)