Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 15 Registration and Gift Giving
Now that lawyer Barbara has pointed out the right direction, Ethan will naturally go on unswervingly.

After returning home, he simply enjoyed the lunch made by Linda, and then he moved out of the California Yellow Pages and found a number.

After a busy tone, an emotionless female voice rang out from the other end of the phone.

"This is the California Office of the American Patent Office."

"Hello ma'am, I have an invention in my hand, and I want to apply for a patent. It's a personal application, and it's also a temporary application. May I ask what documents I need to bring to where to apply?" Ethan stated his appeal clearly.

"Sir, I am very glad that you can support the work of our patent office."

The female voice on the other end of the phone said carefully: "The steps for personal provisional patent application are very simple. You only need to bring the drawings and instructions of the invention to our offline office. The address of our office is No. 26 in San Jose. 08th Street, you can come here from Monday to Friday from 30:[-] am to [-] pm, by the way, a warm reminder, personal provisional applications need to pay an application fee of [-] US dollars."

"..."

'It's really a little expensive. '

The corner of Ethan's mouth twitched after hanging up the phone.

You know, his previous weekly salary in Mirowa was only [-] dollars, and all the materials for "Snake", including the second-hand TV and joystick sponsored by Evelyn, added up to only [-] dollars.

And now, the fee for a provisional patent application is seventy dollars?

How can this be affordable by normal people?
"It really is capitalism, everything depends on money." Ethan shook his head and complained: "No wonder Pigeon Sect specially made a separate video for Walter Hunter. He has the ability to invent and create, but he doesn't have the money to register a patent. This is really too bad. "

But no matter how expensive it is, it has to be used.

After hanging up the phone, Ethan prepared according to the other party's request.

Manually copied the arcade machine drawings drawn by Evelyn, the main emphasis is on the content of the game, that is, when the game starts, the little snake will move by itself, when the joystick is operated, the little snake can turn, etc. .

As for things like circuit diagrams, he didn't draw them at all and didn't need to draw them.

After all, Barbara said that provisional applications are not reviewed at all, and the most important thing to write is actually what you most want to be protected by law.

After finishing all this, it was past one o'clock in the afternoon, and then Ethan spent another 10 minutes traveling [-] miles to San Jose, where he submitted his application to the California Office of the Patent Office.

"Are you going to apply for a patent for the video game arcade machine "Snake Game" in the names of Evelyn Johnson and Ethan Jones?" asked the clerk.

"Yeah." Ethan nodded.

It was something Ethan and Evelyn had agreed to write the names of two people on the patent application.

"Okay, please wait a moment."

Although in the future, there will always be people who criticize the inefficiency of America's agencies, but that only refers to the money-giving project, and they have always been vigorous and resolute in the money-collecting project.

The clerk made a photocopy, and within 5 minutes, Ethan received a receipt for a temporary application.

It has the patent number of the provisional application, the filing date, the title of the invention and the name of the inventor.

At the same time, the other party also said, "Mr. Jones, the provisional application has been completed. In the next year, you can submit a formal application to us at any time. If you don't submit it, the provisional application will be issued tomorrow one year later." It will automatically expire and be permanently archived, and if you submit it, then your provisional application will be made public by us in the form of an oath of priority."

"OK, thanks."

Ethan was very happy looking at the slightly crude receipt that represented the iron fist of the law.

No way, who let this thing represent money?

Humming a little tune and singing, I returned to the car happily.

Glancing at his watch, the words 02:30 made him feel that it was still early.

So he turned around and stopped in front of a video store in San Jose.

On the promotional board of this store, there is a poster of a blonde woman in a red dress, and the poster reads "I Honestly Love You" - Olivia Newton John.

"Damn, this song has already been released?"

Ethan was very surprised, because he liked this song better in his previous life.

It's just that it's not the original song, but a cover song by a certain male artist.

He muttered something, ignored it, and waved towards the store, and a middle-aged white man with a rich face suddenly ran out.

"Sir, what can I do for you?"

"Any new books by Barbra Streisand?"

"Are you referring to 'The Way We Are' that came out last year?"

"Can you show it to me?"

"Wait a minute, sir."

After a while, the white man ran out with the album again. It was a palm-sized cassette, and on the plastic packaging, Barbra Streisand was wearing a black robe.

The cover caught Ethan's eyes, and he nodded, "Yes, that's it. Is there a deluxe version? The one with a poster?"

"Of course." The boss returned to the shop again.

When he came out for the third time, there was a box the size of a schoolbag in his hand.

"Vinyl edition, including an album, three posters, and an album recording, if you want, fifteen dollars."

"Help me wrap it up, formal dress."

"That's an extra dollar, sir."

"no problem."

Ethan counted out sixteen dollars from his wallet and handed it to him. A few minutes later, the boss came out with a gift box that could be held in both hands, and the pure white outer packaging and pink ribbon were not explained by Ethan. thing.

'Very well! '

Ethan smiled at the boss, then turned on the radio, and came to Stanford amidst the soothing music.

Since he came a little early, Ethan put down the seat directly and lay down in the car leisurely.

I don't know how long it took, but when the sound of bang bang bang sounded, joking words also appeared.

"Wow~ I'm in a good mood!"

As soon as Ethan opened his eyes, Evelyn was already in the co-pilot, "It seems that things went well?"

"uh-huh."

Ethan took out the receipt from his coat pocket and flicked it lightly.

The list made of A4 paper suddenly made a crisp sound.

Evelyn took a look and praised: "Oh~ yes, it's very mobile."

"Of course." Ethan said, "You helped me finish the preparatory work. If I can't handle this trivial matter, then I can really find a place to crash and die."

"YoYoYo~ What happened to you today? Could it be that you ate a milkshake from McDonald's?"

Evelyn smiled and said, "Oh, or, are you happy to thank me? If it's the former, I think I'll sue Linda, saying you're eating junk food again, and If it's the latter...hehe, I don't accept any verbal thanks!"

"Okay, Okay, I understand."

Ethan pressed his hands together and said, "So, I'm not going to thank you verbally."

As he spoke, he pointed to the back seat with his thumb.

Feeling strange, Evelyn immediately turned her head.

In an instant, she saw the exquisite packaging hidden under the clothes, so she couldn't wait to take it into her hands.

"Give it to me?"

"uh-huh."

"I dismantled it?"

"Please."

The voice has not yet fallen, and the ribbon has been untied.

There was a second of silence, as if time had stood still.

The scream suddenly broke out, it was joy in Shi Shi's heart.

“Vinyl version of The Way We Are???”

"Oh My God!!! This is the one I wrote you the other day! No! I was writing just the album..."

"Oh Ethan! I love you to death!!!"

　Note: ① Yellow Pages is the telephone number book, which was born in the United States in 1880. According to the custom of the United States, it will publish the phone numbers of institutions and businesses in a city or region. ②Walter Hunter, inventor, the most famous invention is the sewing machine. ③Olivia Newton John, Olivia John, singer, actor, and John Travolta, the man who played "Face Changing" with Nicolas Cage, played "Grease" together. ④ "I Honestly Love You" was sung by Leslie Cheung.

　　
　
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