Jimbob’s post about the patent lapsing explains this perfectly.
“Not necessarily. The code is the most important part. Take cell phones for instance, Apple is apple because of the software. The device and it's hardware can all be copied as you have seen with samsung, huawei, or any other smart phone really. The hardware is mostly the same. It's the software that differentiates them. The "brain" if you will, is what they will want to keep secret. It's not like a company couldn't build something similar with a few changes even with the patent, again as we have seen happen a million times with many different products”
This is what Tripac/BEI hold.. the upgraded software that has perfected the PAS technology.
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