RE: Patents. I guess spending all the R&D has helped build the patent portfolio. What strikes me though, and this is in reference to an old post I made, is that some of these patents are incredibly broad. One has to wonder if HEM's consultants may recommend a licensing strategy, which may or may not include litigation against firms that are infringing on HEM's patents. Now it's obvious that HEM simply doesn't have the resources on its own to pursue any legal action to enforce its patent rights, however a sale of patents to a patent house (e.g. something along the lines of how wi-lan works) could result in upfront proceeds and then that houses ability to conduct several lawsuits with a view to gaining royalties.
Months ago I would have thought that this strategy would never fly with management. Today, it's a whole new ballgame. I'm not suggesting this is what's going to happen, but would be an interesting scenario for the board/management to consider IF the patents could result in material royalty streams.