Recently, a study had just returned ThinkPad R60 from the North American auto company CEOs told reporters that he visited Owen in the United States Nick batteries (Ovonic) company, very well. According to him, the company is small, profit margins and influence is staggering. It is the world's first patent application for nickel-metal hydride batteries, and most companies all over the world to its battery enterprises must pay patent license fees, access to its mandate to produce, sell nickel-metal hydride batteries. In order to protect their own patents, the company founder, president and chief scientist at Stanford ThinkPad A20 the main work at present, there are three: R & D, managing R & D team, as well as on a global scale to fight the patent lawsuit.
Interestingly, when this reporter tried to verify the matter of China's battery business, there are the responsible persons, told reporters: "The industry knows this company, it does influence a large but not very good reputation everywhere received the patent license fees, with the one court. In fact, with the nickel-metal hydride battery technology in recent years, rapid progress of the company in the automotive field of use nickel-metal hydride batteries have been excluded from the first camp outside the industry. I do not think that China's nickel-metal hydride battery business, need it now patent licensing. "
The two men seems a tremendous difference, which in the end how the story?
■ rely on patent barriers to access to high profits
The story can be traced back to the 20th century, 60 years. In 1960, founded the United States 02K7054 Energy Conversion Devices (ECD) company. In 1982, the establishment of a subsidiary Ormond Nick Battery Company.Laptop Battery invented the nickel-hydrogen batteries, Ormond Nick Battery Ni-MH battery holds key technology patents. In 1994, the company formed a joint venture with General Motors Corporation, manufacturer of electric vehicles used in nickel-metal hydride batteries, the company for technology, General Motors out of money. In October 2000, GM sold 60% stake held by joint venture company was renamed the company Cobasys. This year, July 14, Cobasys, after the company sold more than rotation, is Samsung Bosch Lithium Power Company (a joint venture between Samsung and Bosch electric car battery production enterprises) acquisition Ormond Nick Batteries benefit from a lot of money.
In 1996, a joint venture between Matsushita and Toyota, Matsushita Electric Vehicles Energy Corporation (PEVE), has developed several advanced ThinkPad A20M for the nickel-metal hydride battery electric vehicles. In July 2004, with the Toyota Prius in North America gradually sells Ormond Nick battery company for patent infringement to the Japanese Panasonic, Toyota and PEVE three companies sued. The proceedings lasted for a year, the Japanese side lost. The final decision required to be December 31, 2014 until the present and future of cross-holdings both nickel-metal hydride related technology patents, Ormond Nick Matsushita Battery Co., Ltd. and other enterprises from 10 million U.S. dollars to obtain the patent license fee, Cobasys's patents received 20 million U.S. dollars fees, Panasonic, or PEVE companies, such as sales and marketing in North America, nickel-metal hydride batteries, need to revert to the United States to pay a certain fee.
It is reported that in recent years, Ormond Nick battery company has research and development focus shifted to solar and fuel cells, the Ni-MH battery is no longer the company's main businesses. However, this enterprise adoption of other Ni-MH battery manufacturers patents still be able to obtain huge profits ThinkPad A21M year after year.
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