Meta,
That was a long time ago-2001 I think. Certainly it is worth much more today as evidenced by the fact that Intel has used the 336 in the big 5 tech. Newer estimates are much higher and have been posted here and on PTSC web site.
At any rate, I was not trying to play an ``angle`` on anything. I was just tring to understand how much research had possibly been done on the ownership of the patent. Good luck, ads