(1) According to the calculation that the hybrid rice project solves the food problem for 70 million people around the world every year, if everyone eats one kilogram of rice every day, then this group of people will eat 25.55 billion kilograms of rice every year. Even if the patent fee is per kilogram 1 cent, Yuan Lao can only receive 2.555 billion patent fees every year.
(2) The term of patent is 20 years. According to the 20-year plan, the maximum patent fee can reach 50 billion.
Relevant provisions of the patent law
(1) "Article 25 of China's Patent Law stipulates that no patent right shall be granted to animal and plant varieties. Hybrid rice is a new plant variety, belongs to a living object, is naturally generated, not created by people, and cannot be produced by industrial methods, so it does not have creativity and practicality in the sense of patent law, so it cannot be granted a patent right. "
(2) "Article 25 of China's Patent Law stipulates that non-biological production methods of animals and plant varieties may be granted patent rights in accordance with the provisions of this Law. Because of the intervention of technical components, this method plays a major control or decisive role in the ultimate goal or effect, and can be granted a patent right. "