Joe, the no was a typo it should have been not necessarily.

One other point regarding the secrecy of the patents. How many times over the years have you bought something with the words "patent pending"? It's the file date that matters, not the approval date.

How do we know they are talking to the right people. Where is a contract?

The crux of the matter is that you have thousands of shareholders in the red and it's time for action.