Age of Dreams

() Susan looked at the time. It is already around five o'clock. If the batch of patent applications from the boy is accepted, she will probably get at least seven or eight o'clock.

She is a beautiful young woman who naturally puts her family first and never likes to work overtime.

But when he thought of the half-grown child, it was not easy to come from such a far away place in Huaguo, and Xiao Qi was very handsome, which seemed very pleasing to Susan, so he gritted his silver teeth : "Well, your application will take time to process, maybe two hours or so if you don't mind, okay?"

Xiao Qi was taken aback, "Aren't you off work?"

Even though the vast majority of Americans will not be lazy when they go to get off work, no one can blame them for leaving when they lose their things when they are off work.

He originally thought that Susan would accept the application materials first and ask him to come and deal with them tomorrow.

Although Susan is only a federal employee who is responsible for accepting applications, the steps for accepting applications are quite complicated. It needs to be checked one by one, and Xiao Qi needs to confirm and sign. Only then can the first step of formal review be completed.

For two hours, Susan still had to hurry up to finish.

Susan laughed, "I am willing to help you, little boy from China!"

It is normal not to work overtime, but overtime work will not be objected to, and the US government is not so idle that federal employees will be scolded for working overtime.

"Then thank you!" Xiao Qi naturally wished for it.

It's nice to meet nice people.

In the following time, Susan devoted herself to her work. Apart from going to the bathroom twice, the two of them just sat at the desk, confirming the patent application one by one, and finally waiting for Susan to file the documents. Put it in a big box. The time has unknowingly arrived at eight o'clock in the evening.

At this time, not only the third floor, but even the entire building was deserted, only a few security guards came to check on it from time to time.

"Finally finished~~"

The beautiful young woman stretched her waist, showing her infinitely beautiful size again, which made Xiao Qi dumbfounded.

Comparing secretly with classmate Meiji, Xiao Qi still couldn't help shaking his head: The difference between Eastern and Western races does exist, no matter how big Meiji is. There is no way to compare with Susan. After all, the body, frame and shape determine the difference... If Tang Mingxiang grows up to be this big, she will have to fall headfirst into the ground when walking, but Susan obviously stands up to a pair of huge ones and moves freely.

"Hehe, am I pretty?" Susan, who was used to the gaze of men, looked at the boy's eyes and asked with a smile.

"Very beautiful." Xiao Qi quickly retracted his eyes, he is not a wolf, "cough cough, sister Susan. It's my first time to come to Alexandria, I don't know if I have this honor, please introduce a good restaurant so that Can I have dinner with you?"

"Heck~~Okay..."

Susan looked at him, nodded without thinking, "Go to Exit B and wait for me, I'll drive out."

Federal employees in the United States are suspected of dereliction of duty if they are not invited to dinner. This kind of human relationship is as common as in Huaguo.

Susan is very beautiful and has a good figure, but Xiao Qi really has no other meaning. People have worked so hard to work overtime for so long, one point means that it is absolutely deserved.

During the meal, by the way, I can ask Susan about the specific application process and time, which is information that no one else can get.

What's more, having a meal with a beautiful woman should be a beautiful thing.

...

Susan is a very kind and lovely young woman, and Xiao Qi chose a family with a rustic environment. The steak and apple pie taste very authentic, and the price is not expensive in a local restaurant.

Since Xiao Qi liked Susan's kindness very much, he also tried his best to make Susan laugh non-stop with the jokes he heard in the United States.

Some people read what was said on TV or on the Internet, and think that American women are the kind who can go to the room after meeting and chatting a few words.

It's actually not that exaggerated.

They are just very good at expressing themselves, good at communicating and communicating.

If you have to think that you can hunt for sex casually in the United States, I'm sorry, but you have watched too many love action movies.

The same is true for Susan, when she was chatting and laughing with Xiao Qi, her eyes were very clear, she didn't have much other things at all, just chatting and eating like friends.

So the two-hour-long meal was very enjoyable for both of them, and Susan even told Xiao Qi a lot about the Patent and Trademark Office.

Originally, Xiao Qi thought that although the procedures for applying for a patent were complicated, the time would not take long.

But during the dinner chat with Susan, I found that there have been a lot of patent applications in the United States in recent years, reaching 450,000 last year, and 150,000 in the first three months of this year, which can be called an abnormal workload. Many and cumbersome.

The staff of the Patent and Trademark Office is limited, so the review period for these patent applications has become very long. Even if Australia, the European Union countries, etc. are invited to help in classification, a patent can be obtained from application to final approval. A year is by no means a long time.

Xiao Qi smiled wryly when he heard that.

Fortunately, the review process is very transparent. If someone has already filed a similar application for the patent he applied for in advance, he will know about half a year and give up completely.

This means that after half a year, you will be able to roughly know whether your patents overlap with those of other companies.

If there is overlap, it is naturally useless.

But even if there is no overlap, don’t be too happy, because if the PTO feels that the description of your patented creation is not reasonable enough, or the claims are not reasonable enough, it will reject your patent claim.

Of course, generally speaking, if it is something uniquely created by oneself, the requirements are not so excessive, and the application is rejected after the application, and the application is rejected again... After going back and forth a few times, it is generally approved, as long as But when the time comes, it may not be a year, but two or three years.

Xiao Qi didn't have so much time to wait for the patent examination. He left his contact information, and he only needed to answer the investigation call and notification call from the patent examiner. If something happened, he would fly directly to the United States, and it would only take a day. time only.

I hope everything goes well, and I don’t expect to achieve a patent monopoly. I just hope that I can restrict each other with several major companies, and everyone should not come to deceive themselves.

The next morning, the boy who got on the plane to New York again thought this way in his heart.