Herbert, I am a little surprised at the commotion. And no, no resentment, that is why I posted on my profile the site of Invent Resources, where people can find a more detailed background on my activities. I have also explained how I got to be reinterested in VLNC after dropping it from my screen for more than two years.
To Jean Claude, I am not even going to attempt to comment on the validity of any of VLNC patents, it is what is patented that interests me. If you assume that the cost to get a patent can easily reach $10,000 per patent, you must ask yourself, amongst other things, if the company invests its limited resources wisely. It is also important to see not if the patents are valid (only a court can decide that, and if it get to that, only the lawyers win (VBG)) but how broad and generic is the expected (without challenge) protection. FONR last year got some $100 MM plus award from GE on patent infringement, but the patents in question where at the base of some very important imaging technology, or "generic" patents. I am trying to find out if VLNC has such powerful patents in their arsenal, or are most of the patents just "fluff".
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