Ronran, in one breath you more or less discount the worth of the briefs to potential licensees <Their engineers and attorneys should be able to figure out what is at issue long before such briefs are filed.> Then in the next breath you yourself use it to double check your prior findings<in fact, did so just this very morning   ---   there is always the possibility that someone else will make an argument or cite a prior case that it would be beneficial to know about. > I took that to be the argument in the first place. That potential licensees may be leaning toward settlement, but waiting to see if they missed anything before doing so. Not trying to start an argument, just point out what appears to be nonsequitor. Opty