General Patent Corp. Licenses Acticon Technologies' Patents to CATC and Several Other Companies

General Patent Corp. Licenses Acticon Technologies' Patents to
CATC and Several Other Companies 


SUFFERN, N.Y., April 5  /PRNewswire/ -- Acticon Technologies LLC (Acticon) has
recently licensed two of its "smart connector" patents to Computer Access
Technology Corporation, popularly called "CATC" , a global communication
protocols company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. General Patent
Corporation International (GPCI), a leading patent licensing and enforcement
firm headquartered in Suffern, New York, represented Acticon in this
transaction.

"We are pleased to extend a license on these strategic patents to CATC," said
Paul J. Lerner, GPCI's Sr. Vice President and General Counsel. "Companies
throughout the industry continue their high regard for Acticon's proprietary
technology."

Acticon's "smart connector" 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.

Other companies that have recently licensed the Acticon patents include InFocus
Corporation of Wilsonville, Oregon, a worldwide leader in digital projection
technology; Corelis, Inc., a Cerritos, California vendor of Boundry-Scan (JTAG)
Controller PC Card products; Kvaser Inc., a Port Hueneme, CA vendor of CAN
(Control Area Network) PC Card products; Nethawk Oyj, an international company
headquartered in Finland which specializes in products used for testing mobile
networks; Fourstar Group Inc. of Taiwan, an international product design
company; Technowarehouse, a Wichita, Kansas vendor of PC Card products; and
Contec Co., Ltd., of Osaka, Japan, an international vendor of PC based I/O
products.  In addition, Nortel Networks Limited of Ontario, Canada, Nortel
Networks, Inc. of Durham, North Carolina, Argosy Technology, Inc. of Baldwin
Park, California and DoTop Technology, Inc. of Taiwan entered into settlement
agreements with respect to the sale of PC Card and other "smart" connector
products.

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"), 4,972,470
("Programmable Connector") and 4,543,450 ("Integrated Connector and Modem") (now
expired).  Acticon Technologies offers non-exclusive licenses under the '470 and
'506 patents on attractive terms.  For licensing terms, contact Kathlene Ingham
at [phone], x107. For more information visit
http://www.acticontech.com/.

About General Patent Corporation International

General Patent Corporation International (GPCI) is the premier IP licensing and
enforcement firm headquartered in Suffern, NY.  GPCI represents clients in IP
enforcement matters and licensing transactions on a contingency basis.  For more
information visit http://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, and technology
transfer services to domestic and foreign businesses, universities, research
institutions and individual inventors.  For more information visit
http://www.generalpatent.com/.

For further information on Acticon, GPC and GPCI contact General Patent
Corporation, Montebello Park, 75 Montebello Road, Suffern, NY 10901-3740;
telephone: [phone]; e-mail: . 

DATASOURCE: General Patent Corporation International



CONTACT:  Dave Closs, [phone], , for General

Patent Corporation International



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