Replies to post #45610 on Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

[truetrue]

ANAX posted these Crucible patents - which are shared with APPLE -Question: The new formula - is it a variant of one of these patents? Only MATERION knows who pulled the plow - best of all is BE sensitive markets have no excuse now and LQMT cost savings w/out "Be" have become VERY deep at least according to ANAX.

"As LQMT may substitute Be with Sn, Nb and Al (which all have just prices ranging from $20-40 per kg or in the case of Al even less), the intrinsic value of the new 100g Liquidmetal ingots may have become less than 5$ per ingot!

Or to say, without Beryllium each new Liquidmetal ingot is $10-20 cheaper then the previous one! The Competitiveness of this Technology is now really insane!"

TIN-CONTAINING AMORPHOUS ALLOY
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2013/0133787.html

HIGH THERMAL STABILITY BULK METALLIC GLASS IN THE ZR-NB-CU-NI-AL SYSTEM
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/WO2014004152A1.html

http://www.infomine.com/investment/metal-prices/tin/
http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=aluminum
http://www.metal-pages.com/metalprices/ferroniobium/

By the way the Zircon sand prices have dropped drastically, from over $2000 to only $1000 per metric ton, last year!

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/iluka-prfit-sinks-as-mineral-sands-prices-fall/story-e6frg9df-1226701140113#

[Watts Watt]

Unfortunately, as is clearly stated in the PR, the new 105 alloy is ready for sale. This means that both the genesis of 105 and its development is well within the capture period which expires this February.

You see, intellectual property is not just relegated to a patent approved nor even pat pending nor even patent applied for. It needs only to be in development. And Apple has access to all of that since it has fallen within the several capture periods since the Aug 2010 MTA.

Now, as soon as the current capture period expires (perhaps it did on the 5th, I am not sure, but certainly by end of February, any idea which comes to fruition as IP after current capture period, then, and only then, is LQMT protected from sharing anything with ANYBODY including Apple.

I hope this is clearer to you now.

PS It is clearly stated in the PR that LQMT in conjunction with Materion developed this IP. This is not the first time, by the way, that LQMT Steipp has mentioned 105. He mentioned it very early in his presidency, even before Materion became a partner.

So all this goes to re-inforce what I said above. This is IP available under the TTA to Apple for no charge.