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Re: FIRST's patents
They may also choose to license their patent and permit others to use the intellectual property (IP). If profit were a motive they might seek the highest payment for a license that the market would bear; however licensing a patent for $1 is not unheard of either.
If they choose to not enforce their patent, thet can lose their IP rights protected by it. 2003 to 2009 sounds about right for getting a patent approved. Also remember that a patent is best when it is as broad as possible, but broad patents are less likely to be approved; thuis the relatively narrow scope of their claims (relative to all the concepts we consider part of FIRST). Don 
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