I am reborn and just want to concentrate on my studies

After finalizing the plastic structure of the sleeping pillow, Yi Yang and Wang Sangning went back.

Start thinking about patents.

This sleeping pillow is just a small invention.

A little while ago, when I was working on the copyright of the song "The Lonely Warrior", I studied a little bit of civil law. Although it is not very deep, I probably learned some basic knowledge about patents.

Patents are mainly divided into three categories. Simply put, they are technological inventions, new uses, and appearance. Looking at the specifics, these three patents are somewhat different.

Technical inventions have the highest threshold. Generally, large technology companies mainly apply for such patents. Of course, because technical inventions must disclose the technical route when applying for patents, it is actually a kind of exposure in a different direction. Those with high technical barriers and research For difficult technologies, patents will not be applied for.

Invention technology patents have the characteristics of complicated approval and long protection period.

As for utility model patents, the technical threshold is not that high. Simply put, it is possible for anyone to create one. The simplest example is to put an eraser on a pencil, which is a utility model design.

The threshold for this kind of patent is low, the approval process is short, the cost is not high, and the corresponding patent protection period is not long, only ten years.

The last category is appearance patent. The scope of this design is relatively wide. You can apply for structural appearance patents and design patents. In many cases, there is no obvious boundary between appearance design and new use design. Some can apply for utility model patents and appearance patents.

Yi Yang thought for a while, and once the sleeping pillow is finished, he can apply for a utility model patent and an appearance patent at the same time.

Applying for this patent is not about making money from this patent.

In fact, for small inventions like his sleeping pillow, because there are no technical barriers, there are many ways to create similar products without touching his patent.

For example, his sleeping pillow is nothing more than a pillow that does not press your hands, and your head can lie on the pillow to breathe. If these two conditions are met, and you use your brain a little, you can actually come up with many structures with different shapes but similar functions.

The main purpose of applying for this patent is to protect yourself from being imitated by others and then grabbing the patent.

Of course, this possibility is not high. Compared with the subsequent malicious trademark registrations, patent rush registration is relatively rare. After all, even if it is a simple utility model patent, you must have a physical object, which costs money.

However, of course, a pillow for sleeping on your stomach does not just have to have a plastic inner mold. Next, you need to wrap a layer of padding around the plastic frame and sew a layer of wrapping fabric.

Yi Yang spent the next few days in the rhythm of exams, rest, exams, and rest.

Wang Sangning didn't have many friends in Hanning City. Compared to Jiang Lili, she was actually more willing to hang out with Yi Yang.

Yi Yang was quite happy to bring Wang Sangning with him.

This girl has a comforting characteristic. She follows you around and won’t fuss. If you think of something you want to share with her, just say it and she will give you emotional feedback, but you don’t want to. When you talk, you can just walk without being embarrassed.

This is very comfortable.

Of course, more importantly, Wang Sangning's legs are really long.

Yi Yang is a boy, and even if it doesn't cause some ripples of emotions to Wang Sangning, going out with a girl will definitely not be a resistive thing.

So during the break between exams in the next few days, Wang Sangning followed Yi Yang to several upstream factories that produce latex.

Latex is not a highly technical product. But if you want to buy it separately, the cost is still quite high.

But Yiyang knows that the upstream factories that produce latex often supply downstream companies such as pillows and mattresses, and they are all standardized and customized. In this process, a large amount of leftovers will inevitably be produced.

Yi Yang targeted those scraps.

The fact is just as Yi Yang expected. While the latex factory produces standard products, such as some sofa scraps and mattress strips, they usually end up in the trash can.

Yiyang found several companies and bought all the scraps from the past few days at a very low price. Originally, a finished latex mattress might cost hundreds or even thousands, but Yiyang bought scraps of corresponding weight, priced by kilogram, for less than one-twentieth of the price.

The latex scraps are chopped into pieces and stuffed into the sleeping pillow, which is definitely not bad in terms of experience.

In this way, the most important filling of the pillow for sleeping on your stomach is found.

Next, the fabric of the sleeping pillow is the best solution.

Yiyang went to a fabric wholesale market in Hanning City, shopped around, and finally selected a soft cotton fabric. This fabric was 100% XJ cotton, soft in texture, but not expensive, just because of its solid color. , there are no exquisite patterns, so the price is cheap.

Anyway, there is no need to be fancy when sleeping on a pillow.

Finally, all the materials for the pillow were ready, and the plastic molds were shipped faster than expected. On the last day of the exam, Zhou Baoxiang called to tell him that it was ready.

Of the 1,000 plastic molds originally ordered, Zhou Baoxiang made 1,100 because the material loss was smaller than he expected, and the extra 100 were given to Yi Yang.

This made Yi Yang feel that Zhou Baoxiang was quite a good person. After thanking him, he sent all three things back.

After all, Lin Lin spent more than 9,000 yuan in total. This batch of materials can make more than a thousand pillows for sleeping on the stomach. Of course, the cost must be more than 9 yuan each, because now we only have the materials, and we still need to find someone to make them. The real thing is sewn.

Yi Yang planned to wait until he returned home to handle this matter.

The summer vacation is still very long.

The week in Hanning City has come to an end.

The examination results of various schools have also been released one after another.

Because it is an admissions exam, the results originally take a long time and very quickly. Some schools even take the exam on the same day and know the results on the same day. But Yi Yang still delayed until the last day to check the results all at once.

In fact, the act of going to see the results itself has already explained some results... For students with particularly good results, teachers usually call them when their results just come out.

Yi Yang didn't receive a call.

Although this does not mean that his grades are completely unable to meet the scores of those schools, it at least shows that he is far from being outstanding in his age group.

This result was originally expected, but when it actually came out, I was still a little disappointed.

His scores allow him to enter some provincial key high schools without taking the exam... Heyang City's unified examination scores will be recognized by many provincial key high schools, and as the second brother of the province's education, Heyang City's high school, Yiyang You can also enter most of them.

But...he would rather go to Hanning City to study in high school!

Until now, he still couldn't forget the light in Gan Tian's eyes when he described a top high school institution.

Therefore, the high schools he chose this time are all considered to be very good high schools in the province and even the country.

But if there is really no way to get in, there is no way. Yi Yang can still treat the matter calmly.

At least, I tried.

At least, compared to the previous life, life has undergone earth-shaking changes.

When he went to see the results on the last day, Yi Yang did not tell Jiang Lili in advance and went alone.

result……

I can only smile bitterly.

I still overestimated myself, or underestimated my competitors.

There were only two schools he could barely get into, and both of them were private. With just passing grades, he needed to pay 38,000 in tuition fees every year.

As for Hanning's No. 1, which he had longed for, his score was more than 10 points behind. It wasn't a huge gap, but it was like a natural chasm.

He wasn't feeling particularly depressed. At least he could understand his approximate level in the province...

However, the mood naturally cannot be that good.

As for Wang Sangning, who entered the Middle School Affiliated to the Normal University by sprinting, he was also a few points behind.

However, this result is not certain yet.

Because some students who are admitted to the High School Affiliated to the Normal University may not choose the High School Affiliated to the Normal University in the end, so they may still get a chance to get in through supplementary admission later.

But the condition is that, including room and board, you need to pay a tuition fee of tens of thousands.

In comparison, the annual tuition fee for students who normally pass the exam is less than 1,000 yuan.

To be honest, Yi Yang was still a little confused because it cost so much money to attend a high school.

After telling Jiang Lili about this result, the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, and then comforted: "Oh, it doesn't matter... Then what are your plans next?"

Yi Yang sighed, "Let's take it one step at a time..."