Sir RedWingLionMan:

Allright, I'll give it a shot...Initial reactions in RED.....Good Job !...Virt – Thank you!

with that set of circumstances, during THIS fiscal year, we resolve litigation to a point either through actual court action, or a settlement, that licensing begins in earnest and that over the next 5 years, the MMP is licensed for a total of $500M. ....Too conservative. Add ~$250M guessestimate...I'm an Optimist..lol. – Despite the black and gold responses, rose colored analysis IS the theme! Well Done! Lol

Notes:

• on average, it takes 20 cents to make $1.00 in MMP revs. ..Too high...~$.15 guessestimate. 20% is historical FACT through 2011.
• means $500M collected results in $400M to partners which results in $200M to PTSC before taxes

Analysis Parameters;

• even annual collection of $200M = $40M per year
• 35% tax rate (ignores any loss carryovers)....Too low..More likely 40%, Fed & State - OK
• corporate (SEC Compliance & M.A./Comm Ag enforcement) management expenses of $1.5M per year TOTAL (what's really required?!) ..Agreed – I knew you’d see the wisdom!
• keep $15M in treasury war chest at all times and distribute all money above $15M as dividends ..Agreed... – Er…. What could go wrong?! Lol!
• liquidate the remaining assets through dividends at the end of 5 years....Agreed. Assuming NO more diversification schemes. – Should really be longer in reality I think!

As you can see from the very basic spreadsheet below, this level of licensing under these simplified parameters, could net around a 4 to 10 cent annual dividend, or 32 cents per share over the next 6 years.

What market cap TODAY would be warranted for such a return on investment over 6 years. In other words, what would you have to invest today to have it worth 32 cents 6 years from now. Obviously, it depends on the interest rate of your investment. What if the assumed interest rate was 7%? The answer is 22.6 cents......7% Really?...Tad high in today's economy, you think?Well I own a fund that trades at $13.39/sh and pays me 10.25 cents per month divvy!Been steady for a few years even in this economy. That’s 9.2% return, so no, I disagree that it’s too high. (it’s actually higher net because I reinvest divvy’s in more shares.)

Now, forget holding the stock for the next 6 years, and only look as if you're looking at a window of time of 1 year. Factor in the possibility that PTSC might earn 60M in that year, and $20M the next, and instead provide you with a dividend of 8 cents in your particular investment time frame. In that case, what is the "market price" for THOSE shares. Seems like they'd be quite a bit higher?....Agreed..But extremely difficult to forecast future revenue and unlikely PTSC/TPL would provide visibility. - Maybe now, but under parameters noted, should be much easier once underway.As such, visibility of some sort should be doable.