Just received the following from SEC concerning lack of transparency on patent.
Dear Mr. XXXXX:
The OCIE Exam Hotline has received your tip regarding your allegation concerning a public company’s possible avoidance of reporting certain material events about a patent, as you have outlined below in your letter of July 21, 2009 to the Hotline. We have reviewed the tip information you provided, and have forwarded to your letter to the appropriate staff for further review.
In particular, if you wish to provide any additional information on this matter, you may do so by sending your information to the following SEC email addresses: cfletters@sec.gov, and enforcement@sec.gov. Please include a reference to your original letter below.
Sincerely,
OCIE EXAM HOTLINE