In addition to Nan Yong, it is not uncommon for officials and celebrities who can find their names to successfully apply for patents by inventing in prison. Among them, Liang Jianxing, former party secretary and director of Fenghua Health Bureau of Zhejiang Province, was sentenced to prison for accepting bribes in 2008. By the end of 20 1 1 in 2004, it took about 6 years for1/inventions to obtain national patent certification. Its patents include eye massager, disposable nose cover to prevent PM2.5 and pill counter. 20 1 1, Liang Jianxing received a one-year and three-month sentence reduction for his good behavior in prison.
Lou Weigang, former deputy director of the Transportation Bureau of a city in Sichuan Province, has been serving his sentence in prison since 2006. During his prison term, he cooperated with his cellmates to invent a wall-mounted cigarette lighter and an embedded depth indicator for underwater concrete conduit, and successfully applied for a patent. Chen Jianping, former director of Beijing Bureau of Land, Resources and Geothermal, was granted patent certification for his invention in the energy field during his prison term.
In addition to public reports, the reporter found through the national patent inquiry system that there are still some imprisoned officials who have not been reported, and their names can be found under the name of invention and creation. The results of various inquiries show that it is not an individual phenomenon that inventions get reduced sentence after imprisonment.