another interesting article

http://www.achelous.com/uploads/News/2005_july_business_review.pdf

"It was floated in the mid-1980s with the idea of developing efficient blood separation technology that could be used in industrial scale industrial scale plasma fractionation. That was always going to be hard. The company's early financial backer was a Sydney veterinarian, Perry Manusu; the Manusu family are still
big shareholders. For much of the company's existence, Perry's son, John, has held a senior management position.
He is now the chief financial officer."

Does this mean our patents are running out shortly? Will teh Chinese then be able to just copy the tech, free of charge for a pittence? Is that why Luye has come in and put not a single cent into the company?