General Patent Corporation Wins Reexamination for Acticon
Patents
(PRWEB) September 22, 2005 -- General Patent Corporation
International (GPCI) announced an important victory in
its patent enforcement campaign on behalf of its wholly-owned
subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon). The reexamination
of three of Acticon's patents by the United States Patent
and Trademark Office (the USPTO) upheld the validity of
all of the claims of all three patents.
The reexamination proceedings at the USPTO were initiated
by Askey Corporation (Askey) in response to a patent infringement
law suit brought by Acticon against Askey. Reexamination
was requested for three of Acticon's patents: U.S. Patent
Nos. 4,603,320 ("Connector Interface"), 4,686,506
("Multiple Connector Interface") and 4,972,470
("Programmable Connector"). The Patent Office
disagreed with the applicant's arguments alleging that
these patents were invalid in view of the prior art.
| General Patent Corporation International
(GPCI) announced an important victory in its patent
enforcement campaign on behalf of its wholly-owned
subsidiary, Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon). The
reexamination of three of Acticon's patents by the
United States Patent and Trademark Office (the USPTO)
upheld the validity of all of the claims of all three
patents. |
During the reexamination of the '470 Patent, approximately
120 U.S. patents, 10 foreign patents, and 34 non-patent
publications were brought to the attention of the Patent
Office, which nevertheless found that the "volumes
of prior art cited by the requester… have been reviewed
in detail…. However, the examiner does not agree
with any of the proposed anticipation/obviousness conclusions
drawn by the requestor."
Acticon's patents cover specific aspects of "smart
connector" devices used in mobile computer communication,
networking, and instrumentation control. GPCI has successfully
represented Acticon in 22 litigations related to these
patents, and has obtained to date 133 licenses and settlements
under the patents.
"We were confident from the outset of these proceedings
that the inventions embodied in these patents would be
found to have been patentable, and that the claims of
the patents would be preserved," said Paul Lerner,
GPCI's Senior Vice President and General Counsel. "The
question of the validity of these patents has now been
put to rest."
About Acticon Technologies
Acticon Technologies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of
General Patent Corporation International, is a computer
connectivity and communications technology company based
in Suffern, NY. Acticon's award-winning smart connector
technology is based on U.S. Patent Nos. 4,603,320 ("Connector
Interface") (now expired), 4,686,506 ("Multiple
Connector Interface") (now expired), 4,972,470 ("Programmable
Connector"), and 4,543,450 ("Integrated Connector
and Modem") (now expired). Acticon Technologies offers
non-exclusive licenses under the '470 patent on attractive
terms. For licensing terms, contact Kathlene Ingham at
(845) 368-4000, x107. For more information visit www.acticontech.com.
About General Patent Corporation International
General Patent Corporation International (GPCI) is the
oldest contingency IP licensing and enforcement firm in
the US. GPCI, headquartered in Suffern, NY, represents
clients in IP enforcement matters and licensing transactions
on a contingency basis. For more information visit www.patentclaim.com.
General Patent Corporation (GPC), an affiliate of GPCI,
is a leading intellectual property management firm. GPC
provides IP analysis and strategy, IP audit and valuation,
IP portfolio mining and management, patent sale and acquisition,
and technology transfer services to domestic and foreign
businesses, universities, research institutions and individual
inventors. For more information visit www.generalpatent.com.
IP Holding LLC, another affiliate of GPCI, is an IP-centric
merchant banking organization and an idea incubator. For
more information visit www.ip-holdings.com.
For further information on Acticon, GPC and GPCI contact
General Patent Corporation, Montebello Park, 75 Montebello
Road, Suffern, NY 10901-3740; telephone: (845) 368-4000
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