There are many different kinds of patents, including "design", "mechanical", etc. Many such patents are not worth the paper they are printed on, more or less the time and money it takes to get one.
Many patents can easily be circumvented by altering, or changing one simple dimension of a piece, or part.
Depending on the patents that Lane1 holds, it may or may not be worth much.
Albeit, Lane1 was the 1st to utilize a diamond shape weight block, they did not design the "diamond" shape....that shape has been around before bowling balls.
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