I’m betting this executive did not check with his lawyer before saying
… that this technology, however, is also vastly different than what was in the patents.
“Towering Technology“, Crain’s Detroit, May 9, 2022
Now, if the patents were written to cover the kinds of methodologies that their competitors use, great. But making a statement that your patents may not actually cover the version that works means you and your patent attorney need to have a better relationship. Because a patent that doesn’t prevent others from copying the methodology that actually works is a pretty worthless patent.