Appellate court affirms patent decision.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 1995--Southwall Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SWTX) Thursday announced that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a federal district court decision rendered in March 1994 that Cardinal IG Company's LoE2 coatings do not infringe Southwall's U.S. Patent No. B1 4,799,745 covering certain multiple metal-layer optical coatings. Southwall intends to seek a rehearing rehearing n. conducting a hearing again based on the motion of one of the parties to a lawsuit, petition or criminal prosecution, usually by the court or agency which originally heard the matter. of the appellate court's decision. The validity and enforceability of Southwall's patent was not affected, and Southwall intends to vigorously enforce its patent rights in this technology, both domestically and in foreign countries. Southwall's energy conservation film products -- Heat Mirror XIR XIR Externally Initiated Reset XIR Xtreme Instant Rumble Clan (gaming group) film, used in automotive laminated glass, California Series architectural laminated glass and Solis solar control film -- embody the invention of this patent. Southwall Technologies Inc. designs and produces thin film coatings that selectively absorb, reflect or transmit certain types of electromagnetic radiation electromagnetic radiation, energy radiated in the form of a wave as a result of the motion of electric charges. A moving charge gives rise to a magnetic field, and if the motion is changing (accelerated), then the magnetic field varies and in turn produces an . Southwall products are sold into the architectural, automotive, electronics and aerospace markets. -0- Note to Editors: Heat Mirror XIR is a registered trademark of Southwall Technologies Inc. California Series and Solis are trademarks of Southwall Technologies Inc. CONTACT: Southwall Technologies Inc., Palo Alto Martin M. Schwartz or Alfred V. Larrenaga, 415/962-9111 |
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