Hi zpaul, right now, that (IPR decision) is the upcoming and very critical decision/catalyst for SFOR, hence it's very hard not to focus on that. Not to mention further delays in the whole proceedings if instituted.
I know that your focus has been in the future revenue growth via big deals and contracts and an eventual sell for huge $ amount, and yes of course we all are waiting for that too.
However, we better survive the challenge with as many claims intact (if instituted or better if gets dismissed), if we are going to further enforce our patent and demand high price for it.
With PTAB we can't know what the outcome is going to be even if we have a solid patent where they tend to use the BRI (broadest reasonable interpretation) rather than the use of Phillips standard.
Sadly what we think we have is not good enough or how solid our patent is until validated.
For defendants, it's another ammo they certainly can utilize in the litigation whether their grounds are solid or not.
Just like now all these companies are stealing our invention but very hard to enforce it until validated, just having it patented is not good enough, sadly.
Anyway, this is a big deal imo.
Really hoping for a dismissal.
Will we get as much for a future buyout if our patent does not survive the challenge???
Btw, appreciate all your DDs and inputs, thank you zpaul!