CUPERTINO, Calif. – Sept. 10, 2007 – Alliacense today announced that Denso Wave Incorporated has purchased a Moore Microprocessor Patent™ (MMP) Portfolio license from The TPL Group. Headquartered in Tokyo, Denso Wave becomes the 20th system manufacturer to purchase an MMP license in about as many months.
”We are pleased to have Denso as one of our early MMP licensees,” said Mike Davis, Senior Vice President, Licensing for Alliacense. ”Denso Wave continues to distinguish itself as an emerging manufacturer of automatic data capture equipment, industrial robots and programmable controllers.”
According to Davis, the strength and broad scope of the MMP Portfolio was underscored on June 15, 2007 when the US District Court in the Eastern District of Texas issued its Markman ruling. “With various MMP claim constructions becoming clarified as the result of the June 15th ruling, our highly successful MMP licensing program continues to gain significant traction toward higher royalty rates.”
About the MMP Portfolio
The Moore Microprocessor Patent Portfolio contains intellectual property that is jointly owned by the privately-held TPL Group and publicly-held Patriot Scientific Corporation (OTCBB: PTSC). The portfolio includes seven U.S. patents as well as their European and Japanese counterparts. It is becoming widely recognized that the jointly-owned patents protect fundamental technology used in designing microprocessors, microcontrollers, digital signal processors (DSPs), embedded processors and system-on-chip (SoC) devices. The MMP Portfolio is exclusively managed by Alliacense, a TPL Group Enterprise.
The sweeping scope of applications using MMP design techniques continues to encourage manufacturers of end user products from around the globe to become MMP licensees. Since January 2006, HP, Casio, Fujitsu, Sony, Nikon, Seiko Epson, Pentax, Olympus, Kenwood, Agilent, Lexmark, Schneider Electric, NEC Corporation, Funai Electric, SanDisk, Sharp Corporation, Nokia, Bull, and LEGO have all purchased MMP Portfolio licenses.
About Denso Wave
Headquartered in Tokyo, Denso Wave Incorporated specializes in the development, manufacture and sales of automatic data capture equipment, industrial robots, programmable controllers and related apparatus and systems. The company’s mission is to enhance worldwide productivity with an expanding line of advanced automated equipment that supports product management and customer demand forecasting as well as robots that promote factory automation and labor reduction. For more information, visit www.denso-wave.com/en/index.html.
About Alliacense
Alliacense is a TPL Group Enterprise executing best-in-class design and implementation of Intellectual Property (IP) licensing programs. As a cadre of IP licensing strategists, technology experts, and experienced business development/management executives, Alliacense focuses on expanding the awareness and value of TPL’s IP portfolios. Founded in 1988, The TPL Group has emerged as a coalition of high technology enterprises involved in the development, management and commercialization of proprietary product technologies as well as the design, manufacture and sales of proprietary products based on those technologies and corresponding IP assets. For more information, visit www.alliacense.com.
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