it also may indicate a strong link between APPLE and ENGEL, IMO. APPLES engineers and scientists have to be working with ENGEL to apply patents to the machines. How else would it all work?? APPLE is going to have to have machines to produce sheets, etc, for APPLE products. They may even be responsible for getting LQMT linked to ENGEL. As you said..millions are being spent on R&D. There has to be much closer linkage between APPLE/ENGEL/LQMT/MTRN than many are speculating.
Here's why Apple continues to renew- one of the lynch pins in the contract was to bring LQMT to market- I believe the terms were "actively develop". This protected LQMT from being bought and shelved (essentially a back door hostile take over by Apple). If Apple were to stop developing LQMT's amorphous alloys then LQMT would have the right to sue and regain all of the lost CE IP/rights while maintaining the non-CE patent portfolio developed by Apple. As long as Apple renews every year (this allows them to argue they are continuing joint R&D with the goal of bringing it to market) LQMT can't legally do anything. It's a simple signature and it maintains their CE rights while keeping LQMT out of the hands of all competitors. That's why. If you have data on how much Apple is pouring into amorphous alloy specific R&D, I would love to see those numbers or a link.
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