They probably have 1 patent for the whole thing, as well as several for= individual components. Of course things like the source code for the= microprocessors will be protected by copywrite. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 1/16/2002 at 1:58 PM Donny Tan wrote: >What actually do they patent? I mean is there a danger that hobbyist doing >the same thing might get sued? >----- Original Message ----- >From: K|bek Tony >To: >Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:51 PM >Subject: [OT]: Segway ( IT ) using alot of pic's apparently :) > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList >mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu