Atrix Receives Patent Approval.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1998--Atrix International 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 :ATXI) of Burnsville, MN announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides patent protection to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property has notified the Company that their Utility Patent for its Multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective Machine Metering/ Monitoring Apparatus has been approved to issue. This unique system is designed to interface with various brands of plastic injection and/or blow molding machines (Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings (Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings. See also: Molding Molding , to remotely monitor production efficiency. In addition, the A-Trax System can monitor variables such as temperature or pressure to report quality assurance statistics. Data is transmitted to a host computer, to provide timely updates so the business can take corrective actions A corrective action is a change implemented to address a weakness identified in a management system. Normally corrective actions are instigated in response to a customer complaint, abnormal levels if internal nonconformity, nonconformities identified during an internal audit or while jobs are in process. Steven D. Riedel, President of Atrix, stated, "This patent positions Atrix to enter a new market for the remote metering and data acquisition application within the growing plastic molding industry. The system is comparatively inexpensive, easy to use, and easy to install." He further stated, "The hardware, developed for the A-Trax Production Monitoring System, will provide a platform for the company to expand its current product offerings within the Copy Management Systems market." Atrix is a leading edge manufacturer of remote metering and production monitoring hardware for the copy control and plastic injection molding injection molding n. A manufacturing process for forming objects, as of plastic or metal, by heating the molding material to a fluid state and injecting it into a mold. industries. The Company develops and writes proprietary monitoring software for these same industries. In addition, Atrix manufactures industrial vacuums, vacuum filters and printed circuit board transport cases for the office machine/computer industries. The Company also offers numerous innovative programs for supplying tools and instrumentation for field service organizations throughout the world. The common stock of Atrix is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol ATXI. Atrix International E-Mail International E-mail (IDN E-mail or Intl E-mail) is E-mail that contains international, UTF-8 encoded, characters (characters which do not exist in the ASCII character set) in the e-mail header. : SRiedel @Atrix.com Internet: www.Atrix.com
CONTACT: Atrix International
Steven D. Riedel, President and CEO
612-894-6154
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