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Unread 27-04-2010, 09:05
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Re: pic: ThunderChickens Patent

Design patents are interesting in the fact that the design is not allowed to provide any utility. If it does, the PTO will reject it.
As far as why any FRC team would want to patent something is beyond me. Unless its something that can be mass produced and sold (AM 6" mecanum wheel hubs), or licensed to a company for use, there really isn't much use in a patent.
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