EnXnet, Inc. Announces International Patent Application.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2004 EnXnet, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :EXNT) announces it has filed for International Patent rights under the Patent Cooperation Treaty The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its Contracting States (see Accession section below for current membership (PCT (Private Communications Technology) A protocol from Microsoft that provides secure transactions over the Web. See security protocol. ) for its Electronic Article Surveillance See EAS. (EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) A security system for preventing theft in retail stores that uses disposable label tags or reusable hard tags attached to the merchandise. ) tag technology. These products are designed specifically for embedding EAS tags, including RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. , in optical disc products such as digital video discs (DVDs) and compact discs (CDs) during the manufacturing process. The Company decided to file for International Patent protection under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) due to the significant interest in the technology shown by several Fortune 100 companies with global operations. The worldwide market for the Company's technology is vast. Over 17 billion DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. and CD discs were manufactured worldwide in 2003. International Recording Media Association's (IRMA An earlier trade name for a variety of host connectivity hardware and software products originally developed by Digital Communications Associates (DCA) and later acquired by Attachmate Corporation. Irma was not an acronym, rather it was the lady's name. ) Market Intelligence Report shows an unmistakable trend line supporting continued growth of DVD player and DVD disc sales. From the current annual level of 2.7 billion DVD discs produced worldwide, IRMA forecasts that by 2008, annual factory shipments of DVDs globally will approach 7 billion units. Adams Media Research projects DVD players in 91% of U.S. homes by 2008. There are more than 400 CD and more than 200 DVD manufacturing facilities around the world. Over $5.0 billion was spent on DVDs in just the United States in 2003. This does not include the huge volume of music, video game and software CDs sold each year. With this huge volume of units in play theft of product from retail outlets is significant. In an effort to combat these huge losses most products with any appreciable value are tagged with one or more EAS devices to reduce theft. For instance, most DVD and CD discs usually have one or two EAS tags on the outside of the package and one on the inside. In practice, thieves merely slit the plastic wrapping, open the plastic box, remove the disc, pocket it and walk out, leaving all of the EAS anti-theft devices on the store shelf. Since the technology incorporates the EAS tag(s) into the product itself during the manufacturing process it is invisible and irremovable ir·re·mov·a·ble adj. Impossible to remove: irremovable boulders; irremovable obstacles. ir , thus thwarting the majority of thieves. Virtually every retail outlet worldwide is currently using one or more EAS technologies to combat theft. The Company's technology operates seamlessly with the four major EAS tagging systems in use worldwide: Radio Frequency (RF); Radio Frequency Identification See RFID. Device (RFID); Electromagnetic (EM); and Acousto-Modulation (AM), thus it can be enabled without any new or additional equipment being required at the retail level. The Company's technology allows the insertion of any or all of the currently used EAS technologies into the inner hub ring of these discs during the manufacturing process in any combination that may be required. This technology also offers significant security and anti-counterfeiting aid to the disc manufacturing and distribution industry. The inclusion of RFID will allow tracking and inventory control from the point of manufacture to the retail sale of the product. Furthermore, products which do not contain this technology can be easily shown to be counterfeit. The Company anticipates that licensing fees from manufacturers will grow rapidly as the technology takes hold in the marketplace. The initial marketing emphasis will be made in the entertainment and software industries. This release may include forward-looking statements from the company that may or may not materialize. Additional information on factors that could potentially affect the company's financial results may be found in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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