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Originally Posted by XaulZan11
I'm no where near a legal expert, so why the patent?
I recall a previous thread where a team was looking to patent something related to their robot (some wheel, I think) and the general consensus was that it wasn't worth it.
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I doubt it was for legal reasons to prevent someone else from using their design.
It was probably because it's very cool to be able to say you hold a patent and to show the students the process you'd go through, were you in industry.