35 years?! The Chancellor nearly gave his surprise away, but thankfully kept his cool. Although he perhaps gave a few subtle expressions of surprise. No this was unacceptable to the Stoinians. This would make the Stoinians look like the lap dogs of the Ryccians. Stoinians had welcomed them with open arms and now they wanted to dominate the Stoinians in key economic and technological areas. Paying xenos for future essential technology, the thought unsettled both the Chancellor and the King. This further confirmed their suspicion to be very careful with th Ryccians. Regardless, a few years on the margin couldn't hurt, let's see how big of a gambler Ferul was. Stoinians had secured their card of learning Ryccian tech from universities and if this went sour, the knowledge would still be obtained, although the expertise had to be regained. Something the Stoinians were more than eager to put time and effort in.

"It seems we have different timeframes for patents. Most of our timeframes are about 10 years, but we would be willing to change that instead of 35 years, we go with 14 years. Though I must say that from the looks of it, our internal markets seems more competitive than yours. If the Ryccian companies aren't willing to adjust to our markets. Than I fear that they hardly will reach even your suggested 35 years. Of course if you have different thoughts, just say so."