Miss Master: "..."
The patent negotiation had reached the final step, so Carrodite was naturally not in a hurry, but it was quite boring to just sit and wait, so he started chatting and laughing with Lu Zhou about the bright future prospects of lithium batteries.
Faced with this huge market, for chemical giants like Umicore, obtaining patent authorization as soon as possible is a top priority.
"I don't dare to take it seriously," Lu Zhou shook the old professor's hand and said with a smile, "I am just a mathematics professor. To carry forward computational materials science, we need more knowledgeable people to make outstanding achievements in this field. results.”
It is precisely because of this that her work won the favor of the jury and stood out from many results.
Although he knew that he probably couldn't figure out why, Lu Zhou still took the final version of the contract and read it from beginning to end, then picked up a pen and solemnly signed his name on the piece of paper.
After a brief exchange, the two let go of their hands.
With this contract, Umicore will take a greater advantage in the lithium battery industry chain.
After staring at her carefully for a while, he finally remembered that he seemed to have met her outside the reporting venue.
Hearing these words, Lu Zhou was slightly stunned.
Since this conference set up a total of 63 topics and it was impossible to compare them horizontally in different directions, 63 topics were also set up for this award.
Star Technology will no longer authorize third parties in these areas, and Umicore will share 50% of all revenue obtained through secondary authorization with Star Technology.
Holding Lu Zhou's hand, the master's lady said excitedly: "Lu Shen, are you really not planning to start a computational materials science course at Princeton?"
However, this situation only lasted until the second week after the MRS meeting.
We studied from the morning to the evening. After repeated inspections by AM's legal team, we fixed several possible disputes. Umicore's legal team also confirmed the revised contract.
Although this result is not up to the level of an oral report, it is undoubtedly an excellent research result for a "poster presentation" for young scholars.
“A pleasure to work with.”
At the closing ceremony, Lu Zhou was invited by the organizer to present awards to the winners of the Best Poster Award (Best Poster Presentation Award).
Even if we don’t have to wait for black technology like lithium-sulfur batteries to crawl out of the laboratory, even if we dig out Li-MoS2 batteries from the grave of history, the entire industry can change the gun and double the energy density.
On the award podium, the instructor Professor Xu Lijun held Lu Zhou's hand tightly and shook it.
Soon, Starry Sky Technology welcomed a real customer.
Holding Carrodite's right hand and shaking it, Lu Zhou smiled and nodded.
However, he did not change his plans.
Putting away his own contract, Carrodite extended his right hand to Lu Zhou.
It is a waste of time to look at this kind of thing by yourself, it is better to leave it to professionals to check. Umicore's lawyers are also here, and the two parties will discuss every possible dispute in the contract.
Under the guidance of Professor Xu, Wang synthesized a CH3NH3|PbCl3 film with good crystallinity by using a mixed continuous deposition method, and obtained a coplanar paper-inserted CH3NH3|PbCl3 film visible-light blind UV detector.
And it’s a big project worth $400 million.
If someone uses his patent without authorization, I believe that whether it is for the purpose of suppressing competitors or making a profit, Umicore will fight against him more actively than him.
I always feel like this...
Lu Zhou cast an encouraging look at her: "Well, come on!"
It is precisely because of this that Umicore is more anxious than Lu Zhou about this negotiation.
Although this "Material University" is not as famous as the "Financial University", it is quite top-notch in the field of materials science, especially the direction of photovoltaic materials, which is its strong direction.
At the same time, good news also came from AM Office.
In this way, after an immature business venture, Lu Zhou finally owned a company again, and it was a multinational company...
During the brief communication, the old professor said with a smile.
Of course, no one would be that stupid.
In addition to buying the Li-MoS2 battery patent at a high price, NEC, whose patent rights have expired, may faint in the toilet. Faced with huge market demand, almost all battery-related companies will wake up with laughter.
Lu Zhou turned around and took the award certificate and souvenir from the staff, handed it to the winner Wang Chen, and shook hands with the winner.
Moreover, Lu Zhou can still get half of the fine issued by the court.
"Maybe in the future, but there are no plans for that at the moment."
“Happy to work with!”
Carrodite joked: "Of course Christmas gifts must be prepared before Christmas. In addition, the contract you have is a draft. I just sent the electronic file to your email. I think you probably don't know how to do it." I signed it without even looking at it, so I only printed one copy of the paper document.”
As for how Umicore will use its excellent legal team to "blackmail" its peers after obtaining the patent agency rights, it is not something that Lu Zhou needs to worry about.
Generally speaking, those who participate in the poster presentation session are young scholars, and the awards are given by well-known scholars.
The lady with a master's degree reluctantly said: "Then... I will apply to MIT."
"Congratulations! After this MRS Autumn Meeting, Professor Lu will be the number one person in the field of computational materials science!"
Starting today, Umicore will obtain a four-year exclusive license for the modified PDMS film technology in the global market except China from Xingkong Technology at a price of US$400 million, as well as a secondary license.
A large part of the reason why he packaged the exclusivity and secondary licensing pricing rights and 50% of the revenue to Umicore was that he did not want to spend a lot of time on boring negotiations and lawsuits.
As this world-class materials science event came to an end, Lu Zhou, who had been on a business trip for almost two weeks, finally returned to the Princeton campus.
Although this company is indeed a bit different, except for the hundreds of thousands of dollars in the account, it does not even have an actual office space. It is still recruiting patent management employees, and its only business partner is an accounting company. accounting firm.
The company in the Cayman Islands has been successfully registered and named Starry Sky Technology Co., Ltd. according to Lu Zhou's request. Its main business scope is intellectual property services and overseas investment. The logo is three interlaced Möbius strips.
Looking at the two contracts on the table, Carrodite's originally sullen face finally revealed a comfortable smile.
Whether it was for the sake of reaching an agreement as soon as possible or for the longer-term interests four years later, they restrained the idea of being clever and did not deliberately play tricks on the contract.
"I didn't expect you to be so quick. I thought I would have to wait at least until after Christmas." After meeting at a business hotel in Philadelphia, Lu Zhou looked at the contract handed over by Carrodite and asked casually after flipping through it. , "Only one?"
Looks familiar
In the blink of an eye, from the end of November to the beginning of December, the twelve-day MRS meeting finally came to an end.
Lu Zhou read the contract from beginning to end, and then handed it to the lawyer dispatched by the AM firm next to him.
Lu Zhou was responsible for awarding the best poster award in the Photovoltaic Materials and Photovoltaic Devices session. The winner was Master Wang Chen from Shanghai Shanghai University of Technology, and his supervisor was Xu Lijun.
The problem of lithium dendrites has been solved, and downstream industries such as mobile phone manufacturers and new energy vehicles have quickly begun the research and development of new products. The lithium battery projects of major battery manufacturers are also accelerating.
The award ceremony is over and the closing ceremony of the conference is finally coming to an end.
For him personally, this is also a very outstanding achievement.