But another way to see this is that the portfolio in fact is NOT complete in the eyes of any potential buyers.
So, maybe VPLM is getting offers that are significantly lower than their expectations (which has been confirmed otherwise a buyout would have been announced) because the full suite of parent patents are not completely secured by their certified child patents yet.
So Company A says: "we'll pay you xyz now because you don't have the complete suite of parent & child patents that protect our interest for the next 20 years completely. However, once you get the full suite of patents issued then we'll pay you xyz+bonus."
I'm curious as to how these new filings impact the timing of any deals going forward....