Something good begins to happen when both parties hitched to the same wagon start pulling in the same direction.
Now ... which entities are presently at the table negotiating the licensing and settlement $$$?
Patriot Scientific Notifies More Than 150 Companies of Patent Portfolio Infringement
Patriot Scientific....has sent notification to more than 150 additional companies of potential infringement of its U.S. Patent 5,809,336. The companies are among the world's largest electronics firms in the semiconductor, communications equipment, computer hardware, electronic instruments, computer peripherals, scientific and technical instruments, computer storage, computer networks and office equipment business segments...[more]
...Patriot previously announced lawsuits filed against Sony, Fujitsu, Toshiba, NEC and Matsushita....[more]
...From the time the patents were issued, the company estimates that over $150 billion dollars worth of microprocessors have made use of Patriot Scientific's technology....
What could have been the offer to takeover PTSC from TPL ? Also any ideas on howmuch Revenue TPL Generates ( Ratio of Patents they hold to Revenue Per Patent ) ? I will try to do some DD this weekend.
Last November, Patriot Scientific (PTSC) refused an indirect offer by TPL to be taken over