Fisher Expands Licensing Program to HART Foundation Members.MARSHALLTOWN Marshalltown, city (1990 pop. 25,178), seat of Marshall co., central Iowa, on the Iowa River; inc. 1863. It is the rail and trade center of a rich grain and livestock area. , Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 1998--Fisher Controls International Inc. has announced that it is offering a royalty-free Royalty-free describes material (typically graphics such as stock photography and icons, but also sound such as music loop samples) that may be used for profit, without paying royalties. license to HART Communication Foundation members under its "Seberger" U.S. Patents Nos. 5,451,923 and 5,684,451 for the manufacture and sale of HART-compatible positioners. This offer is the result of constructive and cooperative discussions with the HART Communication Foundation and further supports the industry desire for interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. communication standards. "An open HART protocol The HART Communications Protocol (Highway Addressable Remote Transducer Protocol) is an early implementation of Fieldbus, a digital industrial automation protocol. standard is important for Fisher and the industry. This action reaffirms Fisher's commitment to the HART protocol and the HART Communication Foundation," said Larry W. Solley, chief executive officer of Fisher Controls. "It assures that any Foundation member can market a HART-compatible positioner, while preserving for Fisher its own proprietary technology used in its positioners." HART Communication Foundation Director, Ron Helson stated, "Fisher's action respects the importance and integrity of the HART protocol as an open communication technology for smart instrumentation instrumentation, in music: see orchestra and orchestration. instrumentation In technology, the development and use of precise measuring, analysis, and control equipment. . We encourage all Foundation members to review their patent portfolios, and where appropriate, make their patents available to Foundation members as well." The Seberger patents describe and claim various inventions relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc communication between a control device and field-mounted positioners, including those in a HART-based environment. To expand adoption of the HART protocol for communication with these devices, Fisher will provide the royalty-free license only to HART Communication Foundation members for the manufacture and sale of HART-compatible positioners. Excluded from this license are those positioner products, which include certain specific circuitry, claimed in the Seberger patents. Fisher also stated that it reserves the right to enforce the Seberger patents against manufacturers or sellers of infringing non-HART products. To obtain a copy of the proposed license, or for further information regarding Fisher's offer, please contact:
David Dunbar
Fisher Controls International Inc.
205 S. Center
Marshalltown, IA 50158
Telephone: 515/754-3818
Fisher Controls International Inc. is a member of the Fisher-Rosemount family of companies and is the world's leading supplier of final control elements and related instruments and services to the process and energy industries. Fisher-Rosemount is part of Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. ). HART is a registered trademark of the HART Communication Foundation.
CONTACT: Fisher-Rosemount, Austin
Bob Sogge, 515/754-2965
or
Peter Dossing, 512/832-3162
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