Hopefully PC is considering alternative ways to get on NASDAQ. They may want to consider a cheap existng NASDAQ company that they could acquire and use to market POET - not saying this is the one but something like http://www.quicklogic.com might fit the bill. Run the top 5 thru your sieve criteria such as:
1) already trading on Nasdaq.
2) small enough float and Capex that they and some of their larger sharelholders could foot the bill
3) great complementary sales team and ability to handle multiple licenese negotiations in parallel
4) ability to develop and tae initial product to market
5) international sales team
This could be a cheaper and faster way to get POET on NASDAQ as well as get POET moving into production for select customers and get profile for POET