I did post an on topic comment about the necessity of patents, though it was ignored if I am not mistaken.
We still don’t know if there are actual patents involved here or just something different.
As if most companies would be interested in a patent for something so unique like AKN. Google patents is full of such stuff, though rarely raises an eyebrow.
Concrete stuff could matter though, eg Makani patenting putting a tension sensor on the tether. Once it’s that concrete and no way to work around it, someone may be interested. I don’t think a lot such patents exist though, because so far noone figured out a good way to do AWE and proved it. Only then would copycats come into play
Note I have no reason to think Dave or John acting as a proxy has any sensible answers to any of this, makes me wonder why it is so important to have access to this forum