North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 43 Pre-application for patent

Jimmy didn't wait long. Two days later, he received a call from the law school, informing him to go there.

Jimmy was still on patrol and was pressed for time, so he had to call Superintendent Kagg, took two hours of temporary leave, and drove the police car directly to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Jimmy met Dean Linton again in the dean's office of the law school, but this time there was a middle-aged woman in the office.

"Mr. Yang, this is Professor Karyn Morgan of our law school. Professor Morgan will follow up on your project later."

Jimmy shook hands with Professor Morgan and said hello, then sat down. This time it was Karyn Morgan who came to ask about the situation.

"Mr. Yang, Dean Linton has told me about your situation and your project. I need to make it clear again that in addition to purchasing raw materials for your project, you will complete the rest of the work alone, right?

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"I completed the procurement, installation and testing of the entire project on my own, but there was one piece of work that I paid others to develop. It was a microcontroller control program with only very simple functions. I don't know how to do microcontroller programs myself."

"So, have you signed a development entrustment agreement with the other party?"

"No, but I can ask him to make up an entrustment agreement. In addition, I have already registered a technology company before, so I can handle it in the name of the company."

"OK, I understand the general situation. I will select two students to handle your project in the next two days. One is responsible for a patent and the other is responsible for a trademark. Please prepare the product prototype and trademark as soon as possible."

Professor Karyn Morgan learned about the situation, and then Jimmy said goodbye and left, canceled his leave with Karg, and then continued his patrol career.

After a period of time, Jimmy frequently traveled back and forth between law school and the police station. With the advice of law school professors and students, he repackaged and improved the product. Finally, he sorted out the documents required for the patent and submitted it to the USPTO. Completed

I applied for a pre-application and received the official acceptance notice of patent application from USPTO.

Subsequently, it will enter the USPTO substantive review stage. This review stage will take 12 to 18 months, and the law school will continue to follow up.

For Jimmy, everything he can do has been completed. He is just waiting for the follow-up review results of the USPTO expert team. If it passes, Jimmy will be issued an authorization notice and then goes through the patent procedures and payment. If it does not pass, Jimmy will be notified.

Conduct patent defense to meet the needs of expert review.

I learned from Professor Morgan that based on the results of their search in the USPTO, there are currently no patents related to reconstructing police and civilian warning lights based on LED light sources. At present, the problem is not big. The only thing needed is to wait. If

As the efficiency of the USPTO improves, patents may also be issued earlier.

Jimmy said goodbye to the big guys at the law school and returned to the police station to patrol with peace of mind. During his break, he bought more materials and polished the police lights again.

Jimmy plans to make a modification to his police car as a case study. Of course, the premise is that he can deal with Chief James. For the time being, he is afraid to directly touch his police car. While perfecting the long police lights, Jimmy also made a small prototype ceiling police light.

Give him a private car as a spare. He is still a patrol officer and is not qualified to drive a private car on patrol.

Jimmy has arrived for the night shift again. It is already April and the weather is getting warmer. For Arkansas, the temperature in April is already very suitable. The highest temperature during the day is more than 20 degrees and the lowest temperature at night is more than 10 degrees. This

Wearing a thin jacket in such weather can solve the problem of keeping warm at night, but it is still a little unfriendly to the police because they also have to wear soft body armor.

When Jimmy is resting on patrol at night, he will find a secluded place to unbutton his body armor to make himself more comfortable. The body armor is very close-fitting and airtight. In winter, it just has the effect of keeping warm. Starting from spring, it will make people feel more comfortable.

I had a headache. When I took off my body armor at the end of the patrol, the vest underneath was sweating out.

Jimmy was cooling off and smoking when he suddenly heard a muffled gunshot. Having been in the United States for more than half a year, Jimmy no longer recognized gunshots as firecrackers. He pulled on his body armor and got into the car.

He picked up the radio and reported the situation, reported his location, then pulled out his pistol and walked towards the direction of the gunfire.

Judging from the sound of gunshots, the distance must not be very far, because there are woods in this area. If you are far away, you will definitely not be able to hear distant sounds due to the silencing effect of the woods. What is not yet certain is that the gunshot just now was

What kind of gun is that? It’s too stuffy, and it feels like it’s somewhere close to a house or a somewhat closed space.

Jimmy turned on the flashlight, holding the flashlight in his left hand and the gun in his right hand, pointing forward and starting to search left and right.

The place where Jimmy rested was on a path beside the woods. The gunfire just now came from the direction of the woods. According to the distance of normal gunshots, the place where the gun was fired would not be more than 100 meters away from him, which is quite close.

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The woods were not very dense. Jimmy walked into the woods. After advancing for more than 20 meters, a small wooden house appeared in his field of vision.

The cabin looked a bit old, and there were moss growing in some corners that were illuminated by the flashlight. Jimmy walked around the cabin and looked around and found no sign of anyone. It was too dark, except for the area illuminated by the flashlight.

The place was completely invisible. Jimmy leaned against the wall of the cabin, closed his eyes and began to construct an image of the surroundings.

Jimmy turned his head and sensed the surroundings. There was no one there. He looked directly through the wall of the wooden house to see what was going on inside. There was a human-shaped black figure on the ground. There was no one else. There were some straight lines around it, which should be furniture.

thing.

Jimmy walked to the door of the cabin, put on his gloves, and pulled the door. It was unlocked and opened directly.

There is a corpse on the ground, a female, middle-aged, the cause of death was a head shot, the shot site was the back of the head, the body's hands and feet were not tied, it should not be an execution-style shooting, it may be shot in the back by an acquaintance.

Jimmy left the cabin, closed the door, returned to the police car and reported the situation, and then there was a long wait.

When a murder case occurs, it cannot be solved by just one or two people. Superintendent Kagg, Constable Noah, Dr. Kevin Smith, part-time coroner of the county coroner's office, and the coroner also brought two assistants.

Jimmy took them into the woods, found the cabin, and then waited outside. It was too dark, and there was still a small forest outside. There was no way to check the footprints on the ground at night, so they had to wait until daytime. The coroner and Kagg were there.

After about half an hour of inspection inside, two assistants took the body out on a stretcher and carried it to the ambulance parked outside.

Dr. Kevin took off his gloves and said to Karger, "It's too late today. You can go to the coroner's office tomorrow to get the report." Then he left with the ambulance.

(End of chapter)