Patents received by FIRST Teams

[RoboMom]

Should also follow-up with all the FIRST MIT Inventeams.
http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ight=inventeam

[Erin Rapacki]

I also heard that, instead of a patent, you can do a real copywrite of the written idea for less than $200.

[Beth Sweet]

I know the team itself didn't earn the patent, but Paul was always talking about how some component (I'm sorry, I can't remember which) that was developed for 33's robot ended up on some DaimlerChrysler product.

A search of 33's team members on here would likely lead you to better information on that...

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Erin Rapacki

I also heard that, instead of a patent, you can do a real copywrite of the written idea for less than $200.

Copyrights are property of the author at the creation of the work in a recorded medium, electronic or physical. They do not have to be registered. Hence they only have a cost in the case of a dispute, i.e. legal fees.