Is Amorfix with holding relevant information Retired Cop, what you did not post was the footnotes at the bottom of this paper. From your post Dec14/11, click on text find the footnotes at the bottom. "Competing Interests: The Authors have read the Journal's poicy and report the following conflicts: A patent has been submitted on the PLB1 knock-in mouse (US 12/833474). Hw is an employee of Pfizer BioTherapeutics, LS is an employee of Amorfix life sciences. This does not alter the Author's adherence to all the PLOS one policies on sharing data and material". Does this mean both companies own this patent ?