For example, can the designers of Qiao Gangzhu now simulate the appearance and internal configuration of all IPADs in their minds?

Can those Korean guys at Samsung draw a few of their mobile phones that are more popular than Apple in Europe and the United States? Can they describe some simple and unique functions?

Obviously impossible!

The burst of design inspiration must be triggered at a specific time.

If it hadn’t been for Qiao Bangzhu’s IPHONE, no one would have thought that smartphones could actually do that. Research engineers from various companies would not have focused all their energy on researching mobile phone intelligence, nor would they have many

Classic models are out - without the iPhone, Nokia and Motorola would still be classics!

However, they can't, but Xiao Qi can!

Because Xiao Qi has played with, disassembled, and assembled these electronic products, and he can draw three-dimensional diagrams, anatomical diagrams, and precise design diagrams with his eyes closed.

Therefore, the second type of patent - design patent, seemed to be prepared for Xiao Qi, allowing him to find a way out among the many technical patents.

If it weren't for this support, Xiao Qi would really not dare to make tablets or mobile phones, and there is no guarantee that he would be killed by European and American companies.

On weekdays when he is at home, Xiao Qi takes a piece of paper and writes down all the shape patents for mobile phones and tablets that he can think of, and even simple technology patents. He first draws the whole body, then the details, and then uses various side profiles.

Front view, anatomical diagram, etc., specify a certain appearance feature into a patent application format.

Even some very simple and special technology application patents, which do not require a lot of technical accumulation, Xiao Qi also drew them all, described them into words, and then used precise scales to quantify them on the computer in a unified format, and brought them over

Apply to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Xiao Qi also knew that many of the one hundred and twenty patents had already been applied for by Microsoft, Apple, Nokia, Ericsson and other companies. As long as his own application was found to conflict with other people's applications, he would definitely be

will be rejected.

But if you don’t give it a try, how can you know if it works?

What if they haven’t applied for some patents here yet?

The technical aspects may be more difficult, but even Apple, which leads the smartphone trend, has probably just applied for some of these shape design patents at this time. It is not like the crazy application process when the IPHONE is about to be released at the end of this year, right?

Compared with the internal technology, the appearance is undoubtedly more lethal to consumers.

Think about it, how depressing it would be to have a design that is obviously very good-looking but cannot be used because it violates someone else's patent?

Do you want to use it too?

OK!

Then open your invention technology patents to me, I happen to be able to use them too!

If you don't allow me to use it, then you can't use my tablet computer patent. You can only watch such a big piece of cake in front of you, smelling the fragrance, but unable to eat it.

For foreigners, there is definitely no such mentality of "If I don't do it, you can't do it either". What they usually like most is compromise and cooperation, and everyone making money together is the right way - usually, trust monopoly

, it’s what we all negotiated and worked together to achieve.

With such excitement and apprehension, Xiao Qi boarded a large, luxurious Boeing aircraft.

Two hours later, after leaving the Washington Airport, he got into a taxi and drove all the way to the Carlisle area of ​​Alexandria, stopping at the entrance to the headquarters of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

As a country that attaches great importance to intellectual property rights, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been very busy since the days of Edison.

Although it is already around four o'clock in the afternoon on Friday and it is close to the weekend holiday, there are still people coming and going here, and vehicles are coming and going non-stop.

The headquarters building of the Patent and Trademark Office was only completed in July last year. The total construction area of ​​the five office buildings reached 2.6 million square feet. There are also two parking lots with a total area of ​​1.3 million square feet.

ft. What a luxury!

As for the two rows of townhouses and various related facilities, etc., they set off the hugeness and busyness of this organization - an organization that can meet all expenses by itself and use the surplus to build such a large-scale building complex, I am afraid that in addition to tax

Apart from the bureau and customs, there is only the Patent and Trademark Office.

Xiao Qi was no stranger to the routines of American public institutions. He walked into a spacious and bright building. After receiving his number plate in the lobby on the first floor, he followed the instructions and went to the lobby on the third floor and waited for about forty minutes.

, finally his number was called.

The person serving him was a blond Caucasian woman. She looked very beautiful from a distance, but when she got closer, she had a lot of freckles.

A beautiful woman in her thirties, with a number plate reading "Susan" on her angry chest.

"Hi, sir, how can I help you?" Susan was a little tired, but her attitude was still very good.

"Miss Susan, my name is Xiao Qi. I'm from China. I'm here specifically to apply for a patent this time." Xiao Qi opened the box, took out stacks of drawings from inside, and arranged them all on the table: "

There are a total of one hundred and twenty patent applications, including 42 invention patents and 78 design patents, please excuse me."

"Wow~~" Susan looked at him in surprise, first looked at Xiao Qi's application materials, and then said in surprise: "You came from China specifically to apply for these patents?"

"Yes." Xiao Qi nodded.

"Oh, let me see, related to consumer electronics, the shape of a mobile phone, the shape of a tablet... Gee, Mr. Xiao, you are amazing!" Susan is a federal employee in charge of consumer electronics, although she is not a patent examiner.

But the more exposure you have, the more naturally you will understand something.

"It's just something I think about on a daily basis. I don't know if it's useful or not." Xiao Qi scratched his head and said honestly.

It is easy for the electronics industry to produce some young geniuses, such as Gang Leader Qiao, Bill Gates, Dell, etc. But the Chinese boy who is only 18 years old has more than 100 patent applications and specializes in electronics.

When she came to the United States to apply, it was the first time she met him.

After briefly looking at a few patent drawings, Susan found that these drawings were made in a very conventional way, just like the ones she saw every day, and the drawings were very detailed. It was obvious that a lot of thought had been put into them.

Patent applications are very interesting. In addition to your drawings, the description of function and appearance is also an important indicator of a patent.
Chapter completed!