Third-Order Nanotechnologies Completes Significant Patent Filings.WILMINGTON, Del. -- Third-Order Nanotechnologies, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). - TDON.PK) announced today that it recently completed the filing of thirty (30) new patent applications to enhance its growing intellectual property portfolio. In 2005 and 2006, Third-Order filed five (5) 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. ) applications on various chromophore chromophore /chro·mo·phore/ (kro´mo-for) any chemical group whose presence gives a decided color to a compound and which unites with certain other groups (auxochromes) to form dyes. architectures. Each of these original PCT applications have now been converted into national stage applications in each of Australia, Canada, China, European Patent Convention The Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973, commonly known as the European Patent Convention (EPC), is a multilateral treaty instituting the European Patent Organisation and providing an autonomous legal system according to which European patents (covering Europe), Japan, and the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, . The following are the titles of the five patents applied for: * Tricyclic Spacer Systems For Nonlinear Optical Devices Nonlinear optical devices Devices that use the fact that the polarization in any real medium is a nonlinear function of the optical field strength to implement various useful functions. * Anti-Aromatic Chromophore Architectures * Heterocyclical Anti-Aromatic Chromophore Architectures * Heterocyclical Chromophore Architectures * Heterocyclical Chromophore Architectures with Novel Electronic Acceptor acceptor - Finite State Machine Systems "This filing demonstrates our commitment to a rigorous intellectual property program," commented Hal Bennett, CEO of Third-Order. Mr. Bennett further commented: "We expect to complete a prototype optical modulator by the end of this year for demonstration to potential customers and partners." About Third-Order Nanotechnologies Third-Order Nanotechnologies is a development stage company, moving toward prototype demonstration and commercialization of its high-activity, high-stability organic polymers for applications in electro-optical device markets. Electro-optical devices convert data from electric signals into optical signals for use in high-speed communications systems and in optical interconnects for high-speed data transfer. Please visit the Company's website, www.third-order.com for more information. Safe Harbor Statement The information posted in this release may contain forward-looking statements 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. You can identify these statements by use of the words "may," "will," "should," "plans," "explores," "expects," "anticipates," "continue," "estimate," "project," "intend," and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions, effects of continued geopolitical unrest and regional conflicts, competition, changes in technology and methods of marketing, delays in completing various engineering and manufacturing programs, changes in customer order patterns, changes in product mix, continued success in technological advances and delivering technological innovations, shortages in components, production delays due to performance quality issues with outsourced components, and various other factors beyond the Company's control. |
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