Opportunityknocks: They have yet to sell any of this disruptive technology. In fact the GaAs technology appears to have some technical hurdles to overcome which may, or may not, be possible.

According to Suresh, this is entirely possible. However, nobody has done this four-terminal thyristor before, not even in the UConn lab, so this is new stuff, and the engineers have to try out a number of different ways, learn from the results, gain experience, try still different ways based on that experience, etc. – you get the idea.

So, yes, this is possible, but due to the learning cycles it is a very time-consuming and – perhaps even more important – money-consuming process. I'd guess a single cycle takes at least three weeks and a six-figure amount of dollars. That's why they are looking for a strategic partner with deep pockets right now. A governmental institution (like e.g. the Indian SCL) would be favorable, because these institutions are usually less greedy regarding company shares or profit participation.