“obviously Mika's meetings did not bare any fruit”

How do we know they haven’t?  It’s not like there’s a sales booth at the conference with an interac machine!  This is a long complicated process.  

And “Partnership to develop” is separate from “sales”.  The best analogy; POET owns the recipe, Accelink owns the kitchen, SilTerra provides a key ingredient.  All parties will benefit from every plate of Interposer Primavera that’s ordered.