Yes, he did: "I decided that my 70th birthday in June would be a good time to step aside from daily business operations and let someone else take the wheel," Pohl stated." By the way: regarding the result from the Markman Hearing, I'm sure, we won't see any news before the end of June, according to the last Dutton Report, which I suspect to be one of Pohl's communications tools: "...we will just have to await the ruling by Judge Ward in 45 to 60 days." GLTA from Germany