Chapter 15 Registration and Gifts

Author: Fortunately I didn't go

Chapter 15 Registration and Gifts

Since Barbara's lawyer has pointed out the right direction, Ethan will naturally move forward unswervingly.

When he got 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, a female voice without emotional fluctuations rang out from the other end of the phone.

“This is the California office of the Amelica Patent Office.”

"Hello ma'am, I have an invention on my hand. I want to apply for a patent. It is a personal application and a temporary application. What documents do I need to bring to where to apply for it?" Ethan clearly expressed his demands.

"Sir, I'm glad you've supported our Patent Office's work."

The female voice on the other end of the phone said carefully: "The steps for applying for a temporary patent in an individual are very simple. You only need to bring the attached instructions of the invention to our offline office to handle the application. The address of our office is 26, Fourth Street, San Jose. You can come here from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm from Monday to Friday. By the way, I would like to remind you that a temporary application fee of 70 US dollars will be paid."

“…”

‘This is really a bit expensive.’

Ethan's mouth twitched when he hung up the phone.

You know, his weekly salary in Mirohua was only 80 US dollars, and all the materials in "Snake" including second-hand TVs and rockers sponsored by Evelyn, all add up to only $400.

But now, the cost of a temporary patent application is seventy dollars?

This is not affordable for normal people?

"It's indeed capitalism, everything is looking at money." Ethan shook his head and complained: "No wonder the Dove Sect made a video for Walter Hunter alone, with the ability to invent and create, and without the money to register a patent, which is really miserable."

But no matter how expensive it is, it must be used.

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

The arcade drawings drawn by Evelyn were copied manually, and the main emphasis was on the content of the game, that is, when the game started, the snake would move by itself, and when the rocker was operated, the snake could 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 the temporary application will not be reviewed at all. The most important thing to write is actually what you want to be protected by law the most.

After all this, it was already past one afternoon, and Ethan spent another twenty minutes traveling ten miles to San Jose and submitted his application to the Patent Office's California office.

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

"Yeah." Ethan nodded.

Writing the names of two people on the patent application is something Ethan and Evelyn agreed on.

“Okay, please wait.”

Although people have always criticized Ameriga's inefficient offices in the future, it is just a special point of money-paying projects. They have always been decisive in collecting money projects.

The clerk's sister made a copy and within five minutes Ethan received a receipt for a temporary application.

It contains the patent number, application date, invention name and inventor name of the inventor.

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

"OK, thanks."

Ethan was very happy to see the slightly simple receipt that represented the legal iron fist.

There is no way, who lets this thing represent money?

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

He glanced at the wristwatch and the words at 2:30 made him feel that it was still early.

So he turned around and stopped at the door of a video store in San Jose.

On the store’s promotional sign was hung with a poster of a blond woman in a red dress, and the poster read "I Honestly Love You" - Olivia Newton John.

"Damn, this song has been released?"

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

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

He muttered, and ignored it, waved to the store owner, and a middle-aged white man with a rich face ran out immediately.

"Sir, what can I do to help you?"

“Is there any new work by Barbara Streisand?”

“Are you referring to The Way We Are, which was released last year?”

"Can you bring it to me and see it?"

"Wait, sir."

After a moment, the white man ran out with the album again. It was a hand-sized cassette. On the plastic outer packaging, Barbara Streisand was wearing a black robe.

This cover made Ethan's eyes lit up and he nodded, "Yes, this one, is there a deluxe version? The kind with posters?"

"Of course there is." The boss returned to the store again.

When he came out for the third time, he had an extra box the size of a schoolbag in his hand.

"Vinyl version, containing a record, three posters, and an album production record, if you want it, fifteen dollars."

"Pack it up for me, it's a gift."

"Sir, that's the case, you'll have to add one more dollar."

"no problem."

Ethan counted sixteen dollars from his wallet and handed it to him. A few minutes later, the boss came out with a gift box that he could hold with both hands. The pure white outer packaging and pink ribbon were something Ethan didn't explain.

‘You know very well!’

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

Since I came a little early, Ethan directly lowered the seat and lay leisurely in the car.

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

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

As soon as Ethan opened his eyes, Evelyn was already in the passenger seat. "It seems that things are going well?"

"uh-huh."

Ethan took out the receipt from his shirt pocket and shook it gently.

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

Evelyn took it and praised, "Oh~ Yes, very strong in action."

"Of course," Ethan said, "You have helped me finish the preliminary preparations. If I can't handle this little thing, I can really find a place to kill me."

"YoYoYo~ What's wrong with you today? Could it be that I had eaten McDonald's milkshake?"

Evelyn smiled and said, "Oh, or you're so happy that you want to thank me? If it were the former, I think I would complain to Linda and say you're going to eat junk food again, and if it were the latter... Humph, I won't accept any thanks!"

"Okay, Okay, I understand."

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

As he said that, he pointed his thumb at the back seat.

Evelyn, who felt strange, immediately turned her head.

In a flash, she saw the exquisite packaging hidden under her clothes, so she couldn't wait to take it.

"Send it to me?"

"uh-huh."

"I've removed it?"

"Please."

Before the words were finished, the ribbon had been untied.

It was silent for a second, as if time was stagnant.

The scream suddenly became happy in the casting heart.

"The Way We Are in Vinyl???"

"Oh My God!!! This is the one I wrote for you that day! No! What I wrote was the album at that time..."

"Oh Ethan! I love you so much!!!"

Note: ① Yellow Pages are phone number books, and they were born in the United States in 1880. According to the customs of the United States, there will be a city or region's organizational telephone number and enterprise telephone number. ② Walter Hunter, the inventor, and his most famous invention was a sewing machine. ③ Olivia Newton John, singer, actor, and John Travolta, the man who played "Face Change" with Nicholas Cage. ④ Leslie Cheung's cover of "I Honestly Love You".
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