the following is what keeps me from selling:
We own or hold licenses or hold sublicenses to an intellectual property portfolio consisting of approximately 19 patents and 19 patent applications in the United States, and approximately twelve patents and 57 patent applications in foreign countries, for use in the field of heart muscle regeneration. Our intellectual property strategy emphasizes method, product and device patents. We rely primarily on one U.S. patent for MyoCell, or the Primary MyoCell Patent, one U.S. patent for MyoCath, or the Primary MyoCath Patent and a number of patents for MyoCath II. We rely on three pending U.S. patent applications and corresponding foreign patent applications for MyoCell SDF-1 and three U.S. patents for BioPace. For most of our other product candidates, we rely on one primary patent, multiple patents in combination and/or proprietary processes. The following provides a description of our key patents and pending applications and is not intended to represent an assessment of claims, limitations or scope.