Brown's sell out was superbly managed. The press said little, and nothing at all that I can find about broadened reexamination. Lehman hammered them. It's a brilliant trade. Major effort is being devoted to position this as accomplished fact.
Experts are confused, so check the business implications carefully.
If blunder, I fear this is major. If perfidy, Brown's acts are monumental. Ron Brown, President Clinton's Secretary of Commerce, is systematically presiding over the dismantlement of our patent system. Whether he succeeds or not is largely up to people like you. If citizens, including corporate citizens, don't take prompt and effective action the unique patent system that has protected us since 1790 will be gone forever.