Daming 1805

Chapter 216 Fastest Patent Approval
Duke Richelieu and Talleyrand followed Prince Charles to meet Guan Zhengping and Chu Yuqiang.

After a brief introduction, the Duke of Richelieu told the two shopkeepers in an official tone:
After discussion and analysis by high-level French officials, they believe that flying machines have become a de facto public thing in France.

So anyone can no longer apply for a patent for its basic type, but Prince Dashi is welcome to apply for a patent for an improved special type of aircraft.

Prince Charles remained silent throughout the whole process, while Talleyrand sat upright, carefully observing the reactions of Chu Yuqiang and Guan Zhengping.

After Guan Zhengping and Chu Yuqiang finished listening, they were obviously a little surprised.

Chu Yuqiang subconsciously wanted to defend himself, but Guan Zhengping spoke directly:

"We understand, I will tell His Royal Highness Prince Dashi that France refuses to issue aircraft patents to His Royal Highness Prince Dashi."

Chu Yuqiang was taken aback for a moment, then shut up with a straight face, feeling that what Guan Zhengping said was very reasonable.

The Duke of Richelieu was also taken aback. You conveyed the words incorrectly.

If you convey it directly to Prince Dashi, it will make the other party think that France has rejected him for no reason.

The consequences are unimaginable.

Then Richelieu hastily explained:

"No, it's not that we, France, refused to issue aircraft patents to Prince Dashi,

"But according to French law, the aircraft itself is no longer a novelty, so it cannot be patented to anyone.

"Including the Prince of Events and Mr. Bernoulli, and no one else, can get a patent."

Guan Zhengping still said with a straight face:

"How France decides this matter is purely an internal affair of France and has nothing to do with our Ming Dynasty.

"As a representative of Dashi Prince, a representative of Daming Airlines, this is the result we got.

"It's just that France refused to issue a patent to Prince Dashi and rejected our patent application."

Chu Yuqiang also added:
"In my opinion, France's refusal to issue patents to anyone means that the French government has taken the patents for itself."

Duke Richelieu was even more anxious:

"No, that's not the case. Our French government doesn't mean that."

Guan Zhengping asked back with a look of incomprehension:
"Then what do you mean by France! Are you going to issue the patent to Prince Dashi?"

Duke Richelieu immediately said instinctively:
"It's not that we don't want to post it, but according to the law, we can no longer post it."

Guan Zhengping became a little impatient:
"So we still don't post it, let's go back and tell Prince Dashi."

Duke Richelieu couldn't hold back at all, why are you Daming people so unreasonable.

You don't even bargain, you just argue about yes or no here, and you don't discuss with us whether to lift the roof or open the window.

At last Talleyrand could not restrain himself and interposed:

"We can directly contact and explain to Prince Dashi."

Guan Zhengping said with a dry smile:
"You can directly inform Prince Dashi, which means that the French government has explicitly rejected Prince Dashi's patent application."

Both Talleyrand and the Duke Richelieu were silent, which seemed to be the case.

Chu Yuqiang also added again:
"It's useless for you to find reasons, your reasons have nothing to do with us.

"We only know, we only care about whether you refuse or allow."

After Talleyrand despaired, he could only show his cards:

"We did not refuse. If Prince Dashi insists on this patent, we can only issue the patent to Prince Dashi and Mr. Bernoulli at the same time, allowing both parties to own this patent at the same time."

Guan Zhengping looked at Chu Yuqiang:

"Is this reasonable?"

Chu Yuqiang thought for a while and said:
"According to French patent law, can you make such a decision?
"In order to prevent Prince Dashi from obtaining a patent, you did not hesitate to tamper with your existing laws, and I will truthfully tell Prince Dashi.

"At the same time, I suggest that Prince Dashi should apply for the same patent if France issues any patents to anyone in the future.

"Please follow this precedent and make the same decision."

The Duke Richelieu and Talleyrand could hardly contain themselves.

Why did the words become so ugly when they came out of your mouths?
The Duke of Richelieu abandoned negotiations:

"Then what are your conditions?"

Chu Yuqiang seemed very puzzled and said:

"We don't have any conditions. We are just applying for a patent. It is obviously a very simple matter. You just follow your regulations. How can it become so complicated?"

Talleyrand tried again:
"The patent application of Dashi Prince complies with the norms, but there is indeed an actual situation of squatting.

"Mr. Bernoulli has indeed completed actual flight experiments in France before your application.

"Several researchers of the Academy of Sciences can attest that they, too, were inventors of the airplane in France.

"So, we can issue the patent to the prince of food, but Mr. Bernoulli has the right to continue to use the flying machine patent.

"If the French Patent Office authorizes a certain patent in the future, and Prince Dashi can prove that the same production has been completed in France before the date of patent application, he can also obtain the right to use the patent."

Guan Zhengping listened and looked at Chu Yuqiang:
"Does this comply with their patent laws?"

Chu Yuqiang nodded slightly:
"Basically in line, but before the date of the official patent application, other successful producers other than the applicant have only the right to use the patent themselves, and have no right to authorize others."

Having said that, Chu Yuqiang looked at Duke Richelieu and Talleyrand:
"That's it, right?"

Duke Richelieu and Talleyrand nodded helplessly, abandoned all strategies and ideas, and honestly agreed:

"Yes."

Guan Zhengping also nodded and said:
"Then ask the French government to implement it according to your laws."

The Duke of Richelieu and Talleyrand nodded again.

Prince Shire sat beside him without speaking, and only now added in a strange tone:
"Da Ming's request is only for the French government to act in accordance with the law, but there is almost no way to achieve it.

"I really didn't expect that it would be so difficult for the French government to act according to the law."

Both Duke Richelieu and Talleyrand wanted an explanation.

If it wasn't for the fact that the applicant was the prince of Ming Dynasty, they would have acted directly according to the law, and there would be no such trouble at all.

It is because the applicant is special that it leads to this result.

But no matter what you say now, it's your own fault, and the two of them didn't justify anything in the end.

Somewhat frustrated, he said goodbye to Prince Charles and the two shopkeepers, and went to report to the King of France.

Guan Zhengping and Chu Yuqiang also left directly, leaving behind a flight tester, a maintenance and inspection craftsman, who taught Prince Charles' servants to learn to maintain and fly the plane.

After leaving the Palace of Versailles, Chu Yuqiang asked Guan Zhengping:
"How far is this from His Royal Highness Prince Dashi's bottom line?"

Guan Zhengping said with a smile:
"His Royal Highness didn't say the bottom line, he just asked, at least one that has patents at the same time, and can be authorized"

Chu Yuqiang smiled and said with emotion:
"At the same time, haha, Your Highness is too conservative.

"Exclusive patents are not impossible if political means are used.

"The French government dare not confront us directly.

"But it's good as it is now. We can publicize that we abide by French laws, and we stay on the front line as human beings."

Guan Zhengping also nodded slightly:

"Yes, next, I have to start formal authorization and sales.

"At the same time, patents in other countries have to be applied for.

"The information dissemination within Taixi continent is much faster than between Taixi and Shenzhou.

"If one country does it, other countries will soon have it.

"If I were Bernoulli, I would definitely try other countries."

Chu Yuqiang immediately said:

"Is it necessary to display it with such fanfare when applying for a patent in other countries? If so, remember to help me promote it..."

Guan Zhengping laughed directly:
"Don't even think about it, if someone hadn't made the plane in France, His Highness would not have planned to sell the plane in the Western continent.

"The big show in France is to gain the support of the citizens of Paris, to get as many witnesses as possible, and to put pressure on the French patent office.

"Since no one in other countries has successfully experimented, then we have to quietly take away the patent.

"If someone comes to the door following the patent registration information, we will only use the highest price allowed by the market and the slowest delivery time to sell the earliest products that are all imported from Daming and assembled locally.

"Because the patent laws of many countries stipulate that it is not allowed to apply for a patent at home, and then produce and dump goods abroad, otherwise we will only sell purely imported goods.

"If a manufacturer wants to obtain a patent authorization, it will charge 30% of the sales price according to the sales volume."

Chu Yuqiang also laughed:

"Then wait for someone to secretly build an airplane without paying the patent fee, and then we will sue them for infringement, shall we?"

Guan Zhengping said with a smile:
"We just...we don't have the ability to build a complete production chain in Thailand and Western countries. It's not that we don't plan to produce by ourselves. Why are they so anxious..."

The two chatted all the way, said goodbye at the next intersection, and Guan Zhengping returned to the station in Xichang.

Chu Yuqiang subconsciously wanted to go back to his shop, but changed his mind after walking for a while.

When I left, I declared that I would not go to the store tomorrow, so I would go the day after tomorrow.

So Chu Yuqiang went home directly, wrote a report and sent it to Zhu Jingyuan.

At the same time, in several major countries in the western and western continents, people have applied for the patent of flying machines with the authorization of Zhu Jingyuan and the certificate of the Ministry of Industry of Ming Dynasty.

Faced with the examination requirements of the relevant departments of patent management, these people took them to the suburbs.

In the manor they leased, they demonstrated the flying ability of the flying machine on a small scale in the wilderness.

After the staff registered the information, they entered the patent approval process.

Prussia had the fastest approval speed, and the patent certificate was issued directly on the evening of the day when the on-site verification was completed.

They were followed by the Austrians and the Lucians, both going through the process the next morning.

The Ottomans and Italians were a little slower and finished the process by the next afternoon.

The normal patent application process, from review to approval and then issuance, often takes a year and a half.

Going through the entire process in one day is not the normal speed at all.

The relevant personnel did not do the review, and under the interference of special powers, they went directly to register the certificate.

Because countries such as Prussia, Austria, Lucia, Italy, and Ottoman had negotiated a patent protection agreement with Ming during the initial peace talks.

They actually recognized Daming's patents, but they could not directly use Daming's patents.

The patent owner of Daming, with the patent documents of the Ministry of Industry of Ming Dynasty, can go through the quick approval process when they apply for the same patent in China.

Of course, the premise is that there is no similar patent in their country before.

At the same time, Ming Dynasty is also guiding them to design and build their own navy.

From the shipyard and port terminal, to the design of the warship itself, Da Ming gave a full set of support.

There are a group of craftsmen in design and construction in the Ming Dynasty who are scattered as teachers in the Admiralty of several countries.

The two parties are now in a relatively close cooperative relationship. Even if other ordinary Daming people come here to apply for patents with Daming's patents, the patent agencies of these countries will not deliberately delay.

Now that the applicant is Zhu Jingyuan, the prince of Ming Dynasty, and the negotiator at the beginning, it is even more special.

It's just that the administrative efficiency of each country is different, so the time has only been stretched by one day.

(End of this chapter)