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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'>Hello Listmates,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'> I hope everyone is doing well as we continue to move forward during these unprecedented times.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'>We have an estate that includes patents. The PR has had no luck in finding a broker who would be interested in listing the patents and has spoken informally to some people he knows or was connected to (including a data scientist and patent attorney). They have reviewed the patents are have informally told him that the patents have little or no resale value and that the technology that the decedent was working solved a problem that no longer exists. We are looking to obtain a formal statement from someone who can look at the patents and then say whether or not they have any value that is worth holding on to. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'>Has anyone worked with a company/person they can recommend we could contact to obtain this opinion from? Since the assets of the estate are minimal, it would be helpful if the costs were reasonable.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'>Thanks for any assistance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'>Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'>Lisa<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#006666'>Lisa C. Vargo </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F7A209'>|</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F7A209'> </span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#006666'> Senior Counsel </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#00506C'>Telephone: (206) 784-5305</span><span style='color:#00506C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#00506C'>Facsimile: 1-866-827-0425</span><span style='color:#00506C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#00506C'>Email: </span><a href="mailto:lisa@staceyromberg.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>lisa@staceyromberg.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#00506C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#00506C'>Stacey L. Romberg, Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#00506C'>10115 Greenwood Avenue N., PMB #275<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#00506C'>Seattle, Washington 98133<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#00506C'>Telephone: (206) 784-5305<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#00506C'>Fax: (206) 789-8103<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#00506C'>Website: www.staceyromberg.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#00506C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#00506C'>Practice concentrated on business law, estate planning and probate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#00506C'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#00506C'>NOTICE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#00506C'>The contents of this message and any attachments may be protected by the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable protections. 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