Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems-Chapter 101: Patents

Locke calmed himself down and suppressed his slightly excited emotions. "First, I still need to prepare the Memory Ointment again to see if I can replicate it."
"Second, I need to add 'anti-theft mechanisms' to my Memory Ointment." Locke considered, "According to what Teacher Sophia said, I can add some completely useless materials to the Memory Ointment, making it difficult for potion masters to crack for a long time, unable to distinguish which are effective components."
The main point was that to reverse-engineer a formula, first one had to figure out the specific potion formula, and second, they also needed to know the specific magical flame operations.
As long as Locke added some ineffective materials to mislead others in the Memory Ointment, it would be enough to make many potion master assistants unable to get started.
Of course, Locke could also take the Memory Ointment and the several magical plants he had previously developed to the White Wizard Association to apply for inventor status, but this had one problem: doing so would require him to publish the formula in order to apply for a patent.
Because others needed to repeat verification to confirm this was authentic.
So generally speaking, applying for a patent meant publishing it, trading actual benefits for reputation.
The southeastern quadrant hadn't yet established a complete usage rights fee system for patents. Even if it had been established, it would still be useless, because after publishing the formula at the White Wizard Association, the difficulty of piracy would become extremely low.
It would easily result in a bunch of pirated versions appearing on the market.
Therefore, wizards in the southeastern quadrant generally operated this way: they didn't apply first, but took these products directly to make money. After reaching a certain level and no longer needing to rely on these things, they would then apply for patents and publish the formulas.
This way, the formulas would be recorded by the White Wizard Association as knowledge inheritance, so there would be no fear of these formulas completely disappearing with the inventor's death in the future.
In black wizard society, there were many brilliant inventions, but because there was no patent inheritance system and inventors held onto them tightly without willing to publish, when they died, even the most brilliant inventions had no one to inherit them.
At the same time, many talented people would repeatedly reinvent things over and over, seriously delaying society's magical research progress.
Therefore, Locke believed that the patent system established by the White Wizard Association was still very reasonable.
After becoming a formal wizard, he could also publish the magical plants he had previously discovered and the current Memory Ointment formula to apply for patents.
But there was no need for now.
If he published them, he wouldn't be able to earn much money, as he would need to share his originally monopolized market with others.
The Tiflo Root Vines currently sold in shops everywhere were cultivated by breeders from various places according to publicly available breeding technical manuals, having long since lost any connection to the First Circle wizard who originally developed Tiflo Root Vines.
After all, once you published a formula, there were a bunch of methods to obtain it and bypass the patent payment system.
That's why Locke had no intention of registering patents.
Apprentice-level potions and magical plants weren't worth formal wizards reverse-engineering. The difficulty of cracking was high, second it wouldn't be profitable even if cracked, and third it would be beneath their status.
Additionally, it would waste their research time.
Unless there was some special purpose, they basically had no such inclination.
And apprentice-level wizards, facing Locke's various anti-theft measures, would be completely confused for a considerable time and basically couldn't crack them.
This was also Witch Sophia's advice to him.
Locke looked at a Palm Lotus he had taken out from the magic cube. This Palm Lotus was entirely red, like carved red agate, with a crystalline luster like a crystal lotus flower.
At the same time, its lotus petals contained violent fire elements, which were currently fixed by the Palm Lotus's special wood element structure, temporarily forming a stable state without further losing control.
This was a Level 7 Palm Fire Lotus, Crystal Palm Fire Lotus.
Locke looked at its description:
[Level 7 synthesized item, a special variety cultivated through the combined use of Mana Co-frequency Cultivation Method and hybridization breeding method. Under the effect of directed mutation, this variety of Palm Fire Lotus contained twice the fire elements internally. Because the Palm Fire Lotus exhibited the special phenomenon of wood element fiber crystallization, it could accommodate more fire elements and was more stable than ordinary Palm Fire Lotus, without easily experiencing unstable explosion events during transportation.]
[Optimal resonance frequency was a mixed mana pressure of 1200hz, 100hz, and 40hz - magical power exchange frequency.]
[Specific operation: First use 1200hz for continuous directional radiation for 10 days, then use 100hz irradiation for one hour, then use 40hz irradiation for three hours, then use all three magical frequencies to resonate simultaneously for directional radiation for 19 days.]
[After one month, specific varieties of Palm Fire Lotus could be cultivated directionally. At this time, using hybridization breeding method to optimize the variety once more would yield Crystal Palm Fire Lotus.]
After reading this description, Locke suddenly had an epiphany. "Finding the optimal resonance frequency for the Mana Co-frequency Cultivation Method is actually this complex."
"The optimal resonance frequency for Level 7 magical plants conceptually is very difficult to achieve by luck. Three resonance frequencies, and the irradiation times all have requirements. Even if some breeders' thinking approaches the correct direction, as long as they slightly doubt themselves and make one wrong move, they'll completely miss the result."
Locke pondered, "Breeders all make deductions based on magical plants' basic characteristics and existing optimal resonance frequencies of similar magical plants, narrowing down the range of optimal resonance frequencies to search for the best resonance frequency."
"But I can use the synthesis cube to get results first, obtain the resonance frequency formula, then work backwards to practice the Mana Co-frequency Cultivation Method from the beginning, then use Memory Ointment to increase my learning efficiency." Locke thought, "This way, the day I obtain my breeder certificate will also be much earlier than I expected."
Looking at the two synthesized items before him, Locke began thinking. "First, I need to quickly cultivate ten acres of Crystal Palm Fire Lotus and start large-scale planting. Second, I need to write a general approach outline. Unlike applying for patents, this doesn't require revealing all details, just writing the general approach."
"Then participate in competitions."
"Additionally, I can start attempting to establish my own preparation room."
Although this also carried some risk of exposing the Crystal Palm Fire Lotus cultivation process, the benefits gained from competitions were greater than the risks that needed to be borne.
He ultimately still needed to present works and participate in competitions to gain honors. Only those completely isolated from the world could completely guarantee their works' manufacturing processes wouldn't be leaked.
In that case, he wouldn't even need to sell anything.
At worst, he could develop some new synthetic magical plants in the future.