That's a good question. Quite obviously nobody really knows the answer and all we can do at this point as shareholders is speculate.
If the insider's intention is to hold on long-term, because of information they have, then it doesn't make sense for them to hype up the share price. I suppose one could view this scenario as a positive.
If their intention is to eventually go private, the rest of us will end up getting the short end of the stick and there isn't much that we can do about it. Period!
If the often speculated possibility is a buyout or joint venture, there could by a myriad possibility of deals that could be made in private without any accounting obligation. If this is indeed the scenario, you can rest assured that the "insiders" will be protected and rewarded. To hope, and suggest, that with this scenario we will see a financial windfall, it's very unlikely. To think that all of a sudden the company has the shareholder's best interests at heart, is at best naive. It's also contrary to the company's history and the "bad blood" they have fostered with it's shareholders.
With all due respect to other's opinions, these are just my own. I also don't believe they will change, regardless of what is coming through the pipeline, and how many more patent allowances will be announced or granted. Unfortunately this is all due to a deep distrust that I have towards the company and its personnel, and from the knowledge that some people never change, they just become more of who they really are!
