DENTSPLY International Inc. Announces NiTi Endodontic Patent Litigation Settled.Business Editors YORK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2000 DENTSPLY International Inc. (Nasdaq-XRAY) today announced that it has settled the patent litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. suit filed against Moyco Technologies Inc. in April 1998 asserting that certain of Moyco's endodontic Endodontic Pertaining to the inside structures of the tooth, including the dental pulp and tooth root, and the periapical tissue surrounding the root. Mentioned in: Root Canal Treatment endodontic files violated DENTSPLY's patents on Nickel Titanium Nickel Titanium (NiTi) is a shape memory alloy also commonly referred to by its trade name, Nitinol. Above its transformation temperature, Nitinol is superelastic, able to withstand a large amount of deformation when a load is applied and return to its original shape when the load ("NiTi") endodontic instruments. As part of this settlement, Moyco entered into a consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. acknowledging the validity of DENTSPLY's NiTi endodontic patents and took a license under the DENTSPLY patents. Also as part of the settlement, DENTSPLY took a license under three U.S. and counterpart foreign patents from Moyco related to the design of endodontic file tips. DENTSPLY designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of products for the dental market. The Company believes that it is the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of dental prosthetics, endodontic instruments and materials, prophylaxis prophylaxis (prō'fĭlăk`sĭs), measures designed to prevent the occurrence of disease or its dissemination. Some examples of prophylaxis are immunization against serious diseases such as smallpox or diphtheria; quarantine to confine paste, dental sealants, ultrasonic scalers, and crown and bridge materials; the leading United States manufacturer and distributor of dental x-ray equipment, dental handpieces, dental x-ray film holders, film mounts and bone substitute/grafting materials; and a leading United States manufacturer or distributor of impression materials, orthodontic orthodontic (ôr´th  dän´tik),adj appliances, dental cutting instruments, intraoral cameras and dental operatory software systems. The Company distributes its dental products in over 100 countries under some of the most well established brand names in the industry. DENTSPLY is committed to the development of innovative, high quality, cost-effective new products for the dental market. |
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