Tech startup: I really do make mobile phones!

Chapter 16 Patent Moat

Zhao Tiezhu still held a glimmer of hope for the Orange 1 phone, given its low price advantage.

Then, he raised his head, a hint of confusion in his eyes, and asked Chen Mo.

"Brother Chen! What do we need to do now?"

Chen Mo's lips curled up slightly, revealing a confident smile. He placed his hand on a box of blue plastic bags on the long table, the label "3.5-inch high-end boutique" on the bag particularly eye-catching.

"Tiezhu! Go find some stalls or backpackers and get rid of all these resistive touchscreens quickly."

Zhao Tiezhu glanced at a corner of the small workshop, where nine more boxes of the same goods were stacked.

"Sell them all?"

These are high-end spare parts that the two of them recently bought from a notorious garbage collector in North China for about 18 yuan.

"Of course, what our Orange 1 phone needs now is a capacitive screen. Resistive screens are outdated and would just be a waste of money!"

These ten boxes contain a total of 1005 3.5-inch TFT resistive touchscreens with a resolution of 480×320.

Now that Chen Mo wants to upgrade the Orange 1 phone to a capacitive screen, he naturally needs to quickly liquidate the resistive screens that are currently the most stockpiled. Otherwise, the funds Chen Mo has at present will definitely not be enough to replace the new components.

Zhao Tiezhu hesitated for a moment, looking troubled, and said, "Brother Chen! If we can gradually turn the goods into cash within half a month, I'm confident we can recoup the cost of this batch."

Chen Mo instinctively frowned, a hint of anxiety in his eyes, and waved his hand.

"No need! What we lack right now is time. I'll give you three days. If you can sell these resistive touchscreens for 18 yuan each, great. If not, 17 yuan each is fine too!"

To prevent Zhao Tiezhu from misunderstanding his meaning and selling it too cheaply, Chen Mo specifically instructed him.

"This batch of goods is high-end quality, carefully selected from junk dealers. We're not worried about finding buyers, so don't sell it too cheaply!"

Zhao Tiezhu nodded with a smile: "Absolutely not. I wouldn't let them scam me. It's just that the three days you gave me, Brother Chen, is a bit tight. Otherwise, I would definitely be able to recoup my costs."

Chen Mo joked, "Tiezhu! You're the top sales talent at Orange Technology, how could this be difficult for you? I'm counting on you!" As he spoke, he patted Zhao Tiezhu's shoulder heavily, his eyes full of trust.

Afterwards, Zhao Tiezhu borrowed a small cart from a nearby stall owner and struggled to load the two boxes of about 200 resistive touchscreens onto the cart.

He struggled to pull the small cart toward Hua Beiqiang's stall, each step feeling heavy.

Along the way, people came and went, and the sounds of vendors hawking their wares and haggling over various electronic devices filled the air.

Zhao Tiezhu weaved through the crowd, silently praying that he could find a suitable buyer as soon as possible, preferably make a small profit, give Brother Chen a surprise, and then take the opportunity to ask him for some bonus.

Meanwhile, Chen Mo sat at a table piled high with dismantled parts, and began to organize the patents that could be applied for in future smartphones from his memory, in order to build a patent moat defense for Orange Technology.

He envisioned a full-screen design based on the most mature, borderless glass micro-slit encapsulation technology of the future.

In-display fingerprint technology represents the most mature ultrasonic technology direction in the future.

Facial recognition, the most secure technology route in the future, is 3D sensing + infrared imaging. Of course, separate technology routes can also be registered.

Folding screen hinge, the most widely used flexible screen + multi-axis linkage structure in later generations.

Multi-camera algorithms, and the layout of wide-angle + telephoto lenses commonly used in later generations.

Wireless fast charging is based on a mature magnetic field focusing model improved from the Qi standard.

The patents cover a wide range of screen gesture interaction technologies and related technologies.

Most of the patents that Chen Mo remembers are mature core patent categories that have been verified by smartphones in later generations.

It covers the most important areas of smartphone development, including display technology, hardware architecture, interactive sensing, software algorithms, and communication technology.

Even without a system after his rebirth, Chen Mo could still live comfortably on the back of licenses for the more than 80 core patents needed for smartphone development, even if Orange Technology went bankrupt. Among these, five patents concerned the unknown gaseous lithium battery developed using the system's cutting-edge technology.

mainly include:

1. Patent on gaseous electrolyte encapsulation technology, patent title: A composite sealing cover plate and encapsulation method for gaseous lithium-ion batteries.

2. Patent on gaseous electrolyte formulation, patent title: A gaseous lithium-ion conducting medium based on boron nitride nanotubes.

3. Patent on gaseous battery electrode structure, patent title: A method for preparing a three-dimensional porous graphite-lithium metal polymer composite electrode.

4. Patent on gaseous battery safety system, patent title: A novel gaseous lithium battery multimodal leakage and thermal runaway safety device.

5. Patent on vaporization catalyst formulation for gaseous batteries, patent title: A boron-based polymer medium that enables lithium metal polymers to maintain vaporization in a continuous ionic state.

After writing down the patents he planned to apply for, Chen Mo pulled down the shutter door of Orange Technology's small workshop, intending to go to the Software Industrial Park in Nanshan District to find an agency to register the patents.

Specialization is key; leave professional tasks to professionals.

You need to understand that the existence of an agency has its own purpose.

Chen Mo's idea was very moderate. Orange Technology did not seek to use these patents to strangle others. As long as they had the means to fight back when others wanted to use the patents to strangle them in the future, that would be enough.

When the owners of the stalls next to Hua Beiqiang saw Zhao Tiezhu carrying goods to their stalls and Chen Mo pulling down the roller shutter door of his small workshop and not starting work, they immediately started talking amongst themselves.

Old Wang next door, who had the biggest grudge against Chen Mo and even made a bet with him, was sitting in front of his stall, legs crossed, smoking and chatting with the people next to him.

Seeing this, a smug smile appeared on his face. He blew out a smoke ring and mocked, "That kid Chen Mo, he's even developing new types of batteries. I bet he can't keep it going. His little workshop will be mine sooner or later!"

Several other stall owners nearby quickly chimed in, offering him a few compliments before laughing and dispersing, each wondering whether they should take this opportunity to buy the oranges at a lower price.

After all, the inventory that Orange Technology has in hand is a carefully selected high-end product, and even if it is purchased at the original price, there is still a profit to be made.

Of course, if we could lower the price further, we could earn even more.

Chen Mo ignored the stall owners who were pointing and gossiping at him, and hailed an electric motorcycle taxi on the roadside.

"Driver! To Area C of Nanshan Software Industrial Park!"

"Alright! Young man, put on a helmet and head to Area C of Nanshan Software Industrial Park. I'll take a shortcut; it'll only take a short while, but better safe than sorry. Just wear it as a formality!"

The electric motorcycle driver was a dark-skinned middle-aged man who warmly invited Chen Mo to get on the motorcycle.

"Let's go!"

After putting on his helmet and getting on the motorcycle, Chen Mo sped off towards Nanshan Industrial Park like an arrow.

Along the way, the wind whistled past his ears, and Chen Mo's thoughts drifted into the distance.

He knew that he had been reborn with a system, and that he was destined not to become a mere office worker like he had been in his previous life.

In his previous life, Chen Mo was constantly battered by life and debt, unable to do anything right and his dreams were dashed.

Now things are different. Reborn with a cheat system, he's going to rise up in this life, dominating the tech world with Orange Phone, making a huge splash all the way.

Life is fleeting, like grass and trees in autumn; geese leave their calls as they fly by, and people leave their names as they pass through life.

In this lifetime, I must create an amazing Orange phone series in the tech world and make Orange Technology a household name in China.

Chen Mo also wanted to become an industry leader like Lei Jun, admired by everyone, and completely rewrite the script of his previous life.

(End of this chapter)