Chapter 27: (Self Edited) Intermission 1 Dreaming to See Mahoroba
‘Aah, it’s that dream. When I think about it, it will be a feeling that sunk in a dream. It’s like how you become an orphan who doesn’t go.’
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I was surfing around the website that day, and was watching a news article I saw. It was a typical article that an economic newspaper wrote for investors, and a company that developed a new product.
The new product was a photovoltaic panel using new technology. In the manufacturer’s case, the improvement of the device increased the power generation efficiency. Furthermore, special processing was made on the film of the panel surface, and the weather resistance was also good. It was a state-of-the-art solar panel fully used with proprietary patent technology developed by the company, and it was stated that the patent was pending.
When I learned how horrifying I felt, I immediately contacted the Patent Office and verified the information. As I asked with a feeling of praying to God, the patent had been filed definitely. I thought that it was a genius spark (in my mind). The technology I was studying was patented earlier by my company.
It was over.
I wanted to patent this technology. I was thinking if by chance, I would like to present this technology when I joined a public listed company.
At that time, I was a mere postdoctoral researcher who was leisurely doing postdoctoral fellowship. I, who returned from a long vacation, displayed an empty-looking face due to the shock of it being patented ahead of me.
Then, while in the state of disgust, I came to the laboratory for the first time in a long time. I found out that my personal computer wasn’t in the laboratory.