Estimating the value of CIP....another way of looking at it is to estimate the net present value of non-consumer electronic applications over the next 10 years or so...lots can happen in 10 years and even with a hefty discount rate (10%), the numbers can get very large. Just imagine assembling an auto body by snapping the pieces together with built in tamperproof edges or building an airplane wing or fabricating a Mars spacecraft in orbit. It probably won't come in under an RFQ. Think LEGOS...
According to the inventor of liquidmetal, Apple would spend 500 million in R&D over the course of 3-5 years before we see it in a Apple product.
If his estimates are accurate, this would mean the patents in CIP are potentially worth much much more than the 500 million Apple has invested in them.
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