"...but it does make sense to those that are controlling the price."

I agree and this is the question I'm asking myself since nearly two years - and my conclusions always led me to the result, that there are only two entities, who could be interested in the low SP (because I do not buy the MMs as the ones responsible for the shareprice development):

1. Someone, who wants to buy PTSC

2. PTSC itself

Point 1. should have shown up long ago, because of the 5% limit, point 2. was somehow proven with shareprice buybacks in 2006 and 2007 and most with the warrant buyback, but it is not a completely convincing argument for the SP decline. Assuming the SP was controlled, what could have been the reasons?

The current situation reminds me of the time after the Markman Hearing: Everyone thought/hoped for a rise, but the SP tanked = IMHO more than a coincidence, that it was the time of the warrant buyback... So I suspect (hope...), we are in the same situation NOW, but this is my highly speculative theory of the J3s buying back shares for PTSC as part of the settlement...

The only other opposite conclusion of this situation would be, that the company has lost complete control of everything and is not able to manage it. Something I cannnot recognize in their past behaviour.

Given the open decisions with the USPTO I want to refer to my "ready product concept" I described some weeks ago:

The "MMP-product", sold by TPL (and PTSC, but with TPL in the front), is going through the last "Quality-proof-stage" with the Re-Exams and the Appeal. IF the patents are finalized through the USPTO-decisions, THEN they are really ready to be marketed WITH the full prize the patents are worth to the companies, who are using it. At that moment the full communications/media power can start...

All IMHO and now it's time to talk a walk with my familiy...glta