Chapter 286 The Best Choice

The huge movement in the battery industry naturally cannot escape the eyes of governments of various countries.

Across the west coast, in the White House, a president with a cool hairstyle is staring at the CIA director and the energy department in front of him with sharp eagle eyes.

"I remember you told me last time that the lithium dendrite problem could not be solved. What do I have in my hand now???"

The president with a cool hairstyle angrily threw the report in his hand on the table.

From the scattered report documents, the title and content can be clearly seen above, which is about the investigation of artificial SEI film.

The CIA director standing opposite also looked innocent.

I have lived for decades, and I really encountered a ghost.

A small laboratory with a total asset of less than 20 million RMB, which is less than 3 million RMB, a young man in his early twenties, actually solved the world's major problem of lithium dendrites. It is really puzzling.

Even if this young man is a world-renowned top scientist, he is a mathematician.

Even if he has achievements in physics and astronomy, it is impossible to run to Applied Materials to make a fuss, right?

Lithium dendrite problem, all countries in the world spend over 10 billion dollars on this problem every year.

How can you solve this problem that no one else has solved in a few months with a super small laboratory of less than 3 million square meters?

Outrageous!

It's really outrageous!

"Do we need to take some action?"

Across the desk, the people from the Energy Department couldn't help asking, a huge market with a market value of one trillion is enough for them to take action.

Of course, the artificial SEI film certainly doesn't account for such a large proportion, but if this key technology is not in their own hands, it is unacceptable.

"Take action? How are you going to do it?" the president asked in a deep voice.

After a pause, he continued with disdain: "Steal secrets and manufacturing methods?"

"The other party has applied for patents in more than 100 countries around the world, and all the patent countries are covered. They have already put it there. You are stealing, you idiot? Or are you going to ban the other party from selling lithium batteries in our country? It's really stupid!"

What made the president in front of him headache and angry was that they had a good opportunity, but they didn't grasp it and missed it directly.

If they had directly blocked the patent application and refused to approve it, nothing would have happened now.

However, no one knows the future of such things.

After all, it is impossible for all international patent applications to be blocked. That is simply unrealistic. It can only be said that they underestimated the young man too much.

The other party was very smart to apply for patents in all countries, and not just one type, but also some patents with appropriate modifications.

Just like when Alibaba registered the "Alibaba" trademark, it also applied for "Ali Sister", "Ali Sister", "Ali Aunt", "Ali Uncle", "Ali Brother", "Ali Brother" and other trademarks.

This kind of defensive self-protection behavior of trademarks is similar in patents.

If the other party did not apply for a patent and learned from other material companies to keep the artificial SEI film confidential, they would not have too much headache.

With the scientific research strength of the United States, as long as the corresponding materials can be obtained, it is believed that reverse engineering can be completed in a short time.

It may not be exactly the same, but there is no problem in simulating and imitating 70% to 80% of the performance, and it is not impossible to go further after further research.

Because as long as there is profit to be made, capital will flow into this field without scruples, not to mention that this is a huge market of trillions of dollars.

Now, it is a headache for the other party to register a patent.

If you want to copy, you must go through the international patent law.

Although patents are made to protect the rights of inventors, all countries need to follow them.

But in a sense, international patent law is more of a way to protect themselves.

Because compared with other countries, the number of international patents registered and applied for by the United States and its allies is so large that the Patent Office does not know how many.

Relying on these patents, they earn countless money from other countries every year.

Now international patent law has become a rule that all countries in the world abide by. Although there are sometimes cases of non-compliance with this rule, it is only a minority.

Especially in this case, the patent applicant is a top scientist with a very high global reputation, and the patent applied for is also very important.

If this unspoken rule is broken in this regard, to be honest, it will only end up in a situation where both sides suffer.

Although it is not the first time that they have done something rogue, it is not a problem to be shameless and directly "copy" without consent this time, and the other party will not rush to their country to stop it.

But what kind of consequences will be brought after doing it still needs to be considered.

Being sued by such an internationally renowned top scholar in the International Court for patent licensing issues can be said to be a major blow to the reputation of the United States.

If that were all, it would be fine.

What is reputation? Reputation cannot be eaten. They have a million ways to get the International Court to stand on their side.

But the subsequent impact may be bad.

If such a thing is brought up and the matter becomes a big deal, whether the US can still charge fees for patents extended to other countries will become a major problem.

Everyone can act like a hooligan, and you have taken the lead in doing so, so why can't I do it?

Especially in China, a country that is extremely good at "imitation".

It's just a lawsuit. Even if you can't get the international court to stand on your side, you can delay the time indefinitely.

After all, you have already started, and you have a reference judgment case. No matter what, you have to consider the impact.

Countries still have to do business with each other. It's okay to be a hooligan, but if you are too hooligan, no one will play with you.

In the eyes of this president with a cool hairstyle, the smartest thing about the other party is that they applied for all patents in advance.

This puts them in a dilemma.

It is impossible to give up the interests in the field of lithium batteries, but how to get a share of it needs to be considered again.

On the other side, China, Jinling.

Xu Chuan is preparing for a press conference in a few days.

The paper he posted on Arxiv and the news conference released by the Chuanhai Materials Research Institute caused a tsunami-like sensation in the battery and battery-related industries.

Of course, this sensation did not happen to ordinary people. Ordinary netizens would at most eat melons for these news and sigh that he actually started to study chemical materials.

But for people in the industry, it was completely different.

"Dear Professor Xu, hello, I am the director of ADVANO Nanomaterials Company in Louisiana, USA. Our company mainly engages in the lithium-ion battery industry. Our company is very interested in the paper on artificial SEI film published on the Arxiv website. Are you interested in technical cooperation with our company?"

Xu Chuan: "If you have any ideas, just come to the press conference on May 30th."

"Well, our company may have been overlooked by your side and did not receive an invitation letter. Can you trouble Professor Xu to send us one?"

Hearing Xu Chuan say this, the other party said with an embarrassed look.

Xu Chuan: "Sorry, this is not my responsibility. If you need an invitation letter, please go to Chuanhai Materials Research Institute."

Hanging up the phone casually, he couldn't help rubbing his temples.

Another one called to discuss cooperation with him.

Since he posted his paper on Arxiv, different companies have called him almost every day to discuss cooperation.

However, most of these calls are from middlemen.

They are the kind of skinny companies that want to get the patent license of artificial SEI film from him, and then sell it to make a profit from the price difference.

To be honest, Xu Chuan would be happy if the patent of artificial SEI film was licensed to those serious battery companies.

On the one hand, he can get a return, and on the other hand, it will not disrupt the development of the entire industry too much.

As for these middlemen, they are not agricultural products or something like that, which need to rely on middlemen to help sell to all parts of the world.

Forget about making a profit from the price difference on artificial SEI film. Wouldn't it be better to refuse middlemen and make more money himself?

As for the idea of ​​setting up a factory by himself, opening a company that produces artificial SEI film or even lithium batteries, Xu Chuan has also considered it.

However, after thinking about it for three times, he finally gave up this idea.

First of all, he is a scientific researcher, and his main energy should be focused on scientific research, not on being a businessman.

It is necessary to make money, but if you put all your energy into making money, you will really be sorry for the chance of rebirth given by God.

What's more, top-notch breakthrough scientific research will inevitably have a monetary effect.

As long as there are scientific research results, there will never be a shortage of scientific research funds.

And to be honest, although the research and development of the materials industry generally recovers costs and makes money through confidential business behaviors, there are relatively few patent applications.

But for him, applying for patents and collecting patent fees is the best way.

This will inevitably expose some things, and perhaps imitations will soon appear, thus affecting patent fees.

But if you want to rely on the things in patent documents and papers to restore the core products 100%, it is basically impossible.

After all, who would throw the entire core process when applying for a patent.

Isn't it normal to delete some material ratios during the manufacturing process?

Just like the formula of black gunpowder, if the ratio is incorrect, the black gunpowder produced will only make a noise at most, and as for the lethality, it is basically not much.

The same is true for artificial SEI films. Without finding the correct manufacturing process, the manufactured films can also inhibit the formation of lithium dendrites to a certain extent, but the efficiency of lithium precipitation and transport of lithium ions is much worse.

In addition, there is another key point.

This technology was not fundamentally developed by him.

Because of his rebirth, he obtained this artificial SEI film technology from other laboratories in the United States. In fact, it is only a few years away from the actual development.

It may even be that the research institute is already studying this thing.

If he doesn't hurry up to apply for the relevant patents now, he won't be able to make any money from foreigners when the other party makes it.

Moreover, confidentiality and non-patent application for commercial harvest reporting are generally for materials that are more difficult to reverse.

As long as the other party gets the battery, the artificial SEI film in his hand, for the current laboratories studying lithium batteries and lithium dendrites, I believe it won't take long to imitate various films.

Although it may not achieve the same performance, the price war alone can make his profits much less.

Instead of tossing around like this, it is better to apply for a patent directly.

It can make money and strangle the other party.

If the other party is really shameless and imitates and produces it by themselves, then go to the international court to sue.

Win or lose, in fact, both are acceptable.

If you win, you can win a sum of money.

If you lose, with his current status and reputation in the scientific community, he can make a big fuss about this matter all over the world. Losing some money can be exchanged for a lower reputation in the United States. Xu Chuan is still willing to do this.

What's more, the artificial SEI film imitated will definitely not keep up with the original in performance.

If the performance is a little worse, the service life of the lithium battery will be a little worse.

In addition, there is the influence of electrolyte concentration, which Xu Chuan did not put in the paper and patent application documents.

With these things as a guarantee, I believe consumers will choose.

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