O2Micro(R) Issued UK Patent for Power Switch Device.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. & GEORGE TOWN George Town, town (1989 pop. 12,921), capital of the Cayman Islands, in the West Indies. It is a major offshore banking and business center, and many companies have subsidiaries there because of the tax advantages. , Grand Cayman Grand Cayman See Cayman Islands. -- O2Micro(R) International Limited (Nasdaq:OIIM), a leading supplier of innovative power management, and security components and systems for the Computer, Consumer, Industrial, and Communications markets, was granted 19 claims under GB (Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. ) patent number 2,398,403 for its Power Switch device for PC Cards. The invention brings new circuitry to a PC Card power switch to automatically sense specialty card applications, such as USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. PC Cards. The enhanced PC Card power switch may automatically switch in external resources and power the socket based on sensing inputs. It is particularly useful for enabling ExpressCard(TM) compatible PCI-Express and USB2.0 interfaces, offering a PC Card adapter (1) A PC Card used as a drive that accepts a removable module. Typically used for flash memory cards, such as CompactFlash and SmartMedia, the PC Card adapter plugs into the PC Card slot of the computer, and the memory card plugs into the adapter. See CompactFlash and SmartMedia. for the new connectivity scheme. "With this invention, O2Micro reduces the complexity of adding new connectivity interfaces to a PC Card socket, enabling technologies such as USB2.0 without modifying the digital controller," commented Max Huang, O2Micro's executive vice president of the Intelligent E-Commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. business unit. About O2Micro Founded in April 1995, O2Micro develops and markets innovative power management, and security components and systems for the Computer, Consumer, Industrial, and Communications markets. Products include Intelligent Lighting, Battery Management, Power Management, SmartCardBus(R) and Security products, such as VPN/Firewall system solutions. O2Micro International maintains an extensive portfolio of intellectual property with 2,483 patent claims granted, and over 5,000 more pending. The company maintains offices worldwide. Additional company and product information can be found on the company website at www.o2micro.com. O2Micro, the O2Micro logo, SmartCardBus and combinations thereof are registered trademarks of O2Micro. ExpressCard and combinations thereof are trademarks of O2Micro. Statements made in this release that are not historical, including statements regarding O2Micro's or management's intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations, representations, projections, plans or predictions of the future, are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in these statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include risks and uncertainties such as reduced demand for products of electronic equipment manufacturers which include O2Micro's products due to adverse economic conditions in general or specifically affecting O2Micro's markets, technical difficulties and delays in the developments process, and errors in the products. You are also referred to the Form F-1 in connection with the company's initial public offering in August 2000, Form F-3 in connection with the company's public offering in November 2001, and the annual reports on Form 20-F, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. The company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
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