I chose one of four options at the start, and I chose the number one clan in Lingnan.

Lin Ting took the file and flipped to the route master plan.

Mitsui plans to complete its sixth-generation high-speed bearing within five years, develop a heavy-duty deceleration system for port machinery, and introduce its unmanned machine tool control platform to the Asian market.

Salt spray resistant materials and high-temperature rotors are also key projects, with a planned investment equivalent to more than 4.7 billion yuan.

Both Hongtu and Huasheng have corresponding reserves in these areas.

The roadmap did not provide key dimensions, and Lin Ting did not need the other party's dimensions.

Hongtu High Precision Bearings has already surpassed Mitsui's fifth-generation products, its multi-axis machining center has completed the verification of aerospace blades, and Huasheng Pre-processing Materials is entering the rotor trial production stage.

The fully automated control system has not yet been deployed, but it has already put Mitsui's plan for unmanned manufacturing at a distance of several years.

Lin Ting handed the documents to Lin Fu.

"Roadmaps can only be used to determine where Mitsui will go; they cannot be used to submit applications directly from the other party's catalog."

Wei Jianguo was instructed to retrieve Hongtu's existing experimental archives, while Huasheng simultaneously compiled the materials and data.

The Hayashi family used their own technology to make improvements, and their patent application effectively blocked Mitsui's path for the next five years.

After reviewing the budget page, Lin Fu dialed the research institute's duty phone.

"Notify the patent team, legal team, and three overseas offices to all return to work tonight."

Each research and development direction is broken down into basic patents, process patents, and application patents, and the Lin family's existing achievements are verified first.

Projects lacking experimental data will not be reported; projects with samples and records will be expedited.

At 3 a.m., Wei Jianguo arrived at the research institute.

After reviewing the Mitsui bearing route, he retrieved the twelve test reports that Hongtu had completed within six months.

"Mitsui has set its shaft temperature control target at a decrease of 18%, while Hongtu's existing samples have already decreased by 27%."

They are preparing to address the uneven wear issue of heavy-duty port machinery in their third year of work. The bearing modules we made for Haiqing Port have already passed continuous load testing.

Wei Jianguo then turned to the section on industrial control.

"Patents involving unmanned operation should be approached with caution; the complete procedure is still within the isolation device."

We can apply for equipment certificates, dual signatures, and quality traceability methods, while the core code remains sealed.

If Mitsui develops along the roadmap, it will inevitably encounter the boundaries of the Hayashi family's patents at every stage.

Lin Fu broke down the project into seven task groups: Hongtu's veteran technician was in charge of bearings and machine tools, Huasheng's team organized corrosion-resistant materials, and Haiqing Port's project team submitted port machinery application data.

The legal team verifies the R&D logs to prevent any folders from containing original Mitsui materials.

At 6:00 a.m., the first batch of 42 patent applications were completed.

Lin Jing, the head of the legal team at the auditorium, is responsible for international filings. She worked as an intellectual property lawyer in Beijing for eight years before returning to Tazhai to handle the patent shell and overseas disputes of Lin's Heavy Industry.

Lin Jing divided the application into three channels.

Domestic applications are given priority for examination and submitted through the Provincial Intellectual Property Rights Protection Center; international applications are processed electronically through the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

Local offices in the South Island, Tokyo, and Europe are responsible for supplementing regional documents.

She explained the risks to Lin Fu.

"After obtaining same-day priority for 42 applications, Mitsui's subsequent applications will encounter prior technology. Approval will still take time, but the priority date can be locked in in advance."

The provincial protection center is responsible for verifying international documents; if anyone within it delays, the overseas channels cannot be shut down.

At 8:15 a.m., the domestic processing system returned nine correction notices.

The reasons given in the notifications were incomplete signatures, missing pages in the attached diagrams, and incorrect classification.

Lin Jing checked the local archive; the original document had no missing pages, and the electronic signature had been verified.

Zhao Qiming, the international coordinator of the provincial conservation center, called.

"The Lin family submitted 42 heavy industry patents at once, triggering a risk review by the examination system."

Nine documents need to be re-uploaded, and the priority time is calculated based on the date the corrections are completed.

The international shipping lanes are under maintenance today. Please submit your documents this afternoon; the impact shouldn't be too significant.

Lin Jing turned on the call recording.

"Coordinator Zhao, the electronic receipt indicates that the document package is complete, and the missing pages occurred after entering the center for review."

Please provide the system modification history, and also request the protection center to freeze the corresponding workstation's permissions. The Lin family will not accept submissions made this afternoon.

Zhao Qiming refused to freeze his workstation.

"System maintenance is a technical issue, and companies have no right to request investigators to investigate."

If Mr. Lin persists in his complaint, all 42 applications will require manual review, which will extend the processing time by 30 working days.

After the call ended, the status of the nine applications changed to "pending correction".

Mitsui Tokyo Patent Office filed six patents related to bearings and port machinery at the same time.

The two sides have similar application directions. As long as Lin's application is delayed until the afternoon, Mitsui will be able to secure an earlier international processing time.

Lin Fu rushed to the legal center and reviewed the system records.

"Which workstation should process these nine documents?"

Lin Jing retrieved the discrepancy report.

"Zhao Qiming's coordination account, though lacking the authority to modify technical attachments, was able to return the entire document package. The missing pages in the attached drawings were merely an excuse; the goal was to delay Mitsui's submission deadline."

Lin Fu did not contact Zhao Qiming.

"Proceed with the backup plan. Upload the nine supplementary documents as usual, but change the numbering to the second set. When will the provincial bureau investigators arrive?"

"Within ten minutes, the 42 documents from last night were each assigned a workstation identification code, and the nine documents that Zhao Qiming saw were tracking documents."

The core application was submitted through the international processing system seventeen minutes ago, and the priority receipt has already been issued.

Lin Jing opened the overseas office page.

All 33 core applications were accepted, and the remaining nine were submitted through the local South Island channel, 26 minutes earlier than Mitsui.

The documents that Zhao Qiming intercepted were specifically used to confirm the location of the leak.

The order in which the projects were received by each coordination account was different, but the six items submitted by Mitsui Tokyo Office were in the same order as those in Zhao Qiming's workstation documents.

At 8:47 a.m., investigators from the Provincial Intellectual Property Office entered the protection center.

Zhao Qiming was deleting his work email. He pushed nine Lin family documents into a hidden directory and prepared to remove the memory card from his office equipment.

The economic crime investigators presented their cooperation documents at the entrance and sealed off the computer and two communication devices on site.

One of the communication devices only stored one contact person located overseas.

Last night at 11 p.m., the other party transferred $200,000 to Zhao Qiming, asking him to delay the Lin's Heavy Industry patent application and send the application direction to Mitsui's Tokyo office.

Zhao Qiming tried to explain that the money was for technical consulting fees, but the investigators found the Mitsui project number in his drawer, which matched the route map in the Kita-saki server perfectly.

The director of the protection center visited Lin's legal team.

"The account in question has been deactivated, and all nine abnormal corrections have been withdrawn. The Provincial Bureau will issue system abnormality explanations for the 42 applications, and the original submission times remain valid. The record of Zhao Qiming leaking corporate application materials has been transferred to the Economic Crime Investigation Department."

At 2 PM, all priority receipts were filed.

Hongtu's sixth-generation bearing structure, port machinery wear compensation, and industrial equipment certificate management have entered the patent pool.

Huasheng Corrosion-Resistant Materials secured four application areas, and its equipment upgrade plan for Haiqing Port also secured regional usage rights.

When Mitsui Tokyo Research Institute received the patent search report, all six applications matched Lin's prior documents.

The R&D manager sent the report to the Southeast Asia headquarters.

"Of the four directions in the next five years, four have already fallen within the scope of Lin's patents. The remaining projects will require structural reconstruction, and the existing experimental platforms will also need to be replaced. The initial investment of 4.7 billion yuan will lose its original commercial potential."

Kuroda Masanobu looked at the notice for assistance issued by the provincial bureau.

Zhao Qiming's ID photo and payment number appeared in the internal risk briefing. The Lin family did not disclose the North Cape route map, but completed the entire patent matrix before Mitsui.

No one spoke in the meeting room.

Masanobu Kuroda picked up the encrypted phone and dialed a company outside the South Island Industrial Park.

"Bring the clearing team here. If neither the internet nor patents can stop the Lin family, then let's bring their technical team to a halt."