Ronran, Thanks for the clarification of orginal post. One additional comment/question if I may. I would think that potential licensees on the sidelines are going to base a decision to settle prior to trial primarily on whether or not they individually think the patents are valid. It matters little to them if the defendants are attempting to win based on technicalities, even if those chances were good. And if that is the case, any information from any source which tends to increase the liklihood of patent validity would push them closer to pre-trial settlement, even if settlement cost has escallated. Seems like a logical viewpoint. No? Opty