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To: Ohshaw who wrote (1034)	6/28/1999 1:19:00 PM
From: Earl Mincer	Respond to of 2514

I agree. Also, the moment their patents are filed, they can divulge anything they want regarding the technology. And I don't understand why people are so excited about the patent filings. Once filed, it will take 12-18 months for them to issue, if they issue at all. Furthermore it's impossible to say what level of protection they'll get from the patents, it all depends on how good their Patent Attorneys are. Bottom line? Don't rely on their yet-to-be-filed patents for any near-term impact on revenue. The only possible exception to this is the following: they could choose to share their patent applications under non-disclosure with selected potential partners. If we see many big names line up to partner, we might assume that they've seen them and they're suitably impressed. But do NOT expect any other type of near-term direct impact from patent applications. The impact, if any at all, is over 12 months away. I was also disturbed by their reluctance to disclose much of anything in that conference call. Smoke and mirrors? Maybe. Maybe not. They way I believe we'll know is how much new info they divulge on the web site, what they are willing to say after patents are filed, and if we see any partnering. And this doesn't even begin to address issues of how competitive and unknown this particular market is.

To: Ohshaw who wrote (1034)	6/28/1999 2:44:00 PM
From: bob yahnke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2514

Ohshaw, anyone giving a loan on restricted stock would be a fool. The creditor could not sell the stock in the open market because the stock cert's are marked RESTRICTED and need to be cleared before a sale can take place. The only true way around it all would be to have someone else sell short the stock in the open market and then cover once the restricted stock has cleared. The short seller would also have to come up with 50% of the short sale in order to place the order.