Diane, Thanks for the comments. Perhaps you could clarify for me as like most folks it's hard to be sure the information we read and are passing on is correct. Are you saying that Monsanto and AHP did not merge? I seem to remember hearing that they did and think I got it from several news sources. I'm curious why it was so newsworthy when they were "going to merge" and yet I heard nothing about it when "it was called off". In that case Monsanto still owns the patent? Why then does AHP worry about possible litigation? I'm sorry to be so obtuse, I'm just happy to get the information from someone directly involved (or atleast more directly involved!). Thanks - Kim