I think you are not looking at all there announcements. Since...

I think you are not looking at all there announcements. Since Feb 2002 they have announced,
1 Gen Solutions =75k A$
2 Nanogen =250k U.S$
3 Sequenon =500k U.S$
4 Perlagen =860k U.S $
5 Myriad =1m U.S$
6Pyrosequencing= 3m U.S$
7Orchid =2.1m U.S $
8 service provider =150k U.S$
9ARUP =75k U.S$
Gottliebsen who has been one of Australia's most respected financial reporters for over 25 years calls them the microsoft of the bio tech world.
They have patent insurance with G.E. one of the worlds largest comp.
Have a look at many of the Australian companies that have there own patents. Look to see if the words D.N.A. or gene appear in there research! You can then start to understand the potential of these patents!
Multiply this by each country around the world.
An example of the potential disaster of any company that takes them on, and looses is enormous.The patents are already granted around the world, in other words they have already been tested and comply with the laws of patents.