U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grants FARO's Second Request for Reexamination of Romer Cimcore Patent
30 November 2005 - 8:01AM
PR Newswire (US)
LAKE MARY, Fla., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:FARO) announced today that the United
States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) granted FARO's Second
Request for Reexamination of Romer Cimcore Patent No. 5,829,148
('148 patent). In granting FARO's request, the PTO stated that FARO
had raised "substantial new questions of patentability," affecting
all of claims 1-17 in the '148 patent. FARO's second request was
based on new "prior art" (that is, earlier issued patent
publications) submitted to the PTO which FARO believes will
ultimately invalidate the '148 patent. The grant of this second
reexamination request follows the earlier grant on September 9,
2004 of a first reexamination request filed by FARO. FARO and Romer
Cimcore have been involved in on-going patent infringement
litigation concerning the '148 patent. In that litigation, FARO has
contended that it does not infringe the '148 patent and that the
'148 patent is invalid. "The PTO's most recent grant of our second
reexamination request is consistent with our strong belief that the
'148 patent is invalid," FARO's co- founder, Chairman and CEO Simon
Raab said. "We are pleased that the PTO agrees with FARO that
'substantial new questions of patentability' have been raised by
our second reexamination request; and we are confident that the PTO
and/or the Federal District Court will ultimately rule that the
'148 patent claims are unpatentable or invalid." About FARO With
nearly 8,500 installations and 3,800 customers globally, FARO
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:FARO) and its international subsidiaries
design, develop, and market software and portable, computerized
measurement devices. The Company's products allow manufacturers to
perform 3D inspections of parts and assemblies on the shop floor.
This helps eliminate manufacturing errors, and thereby increases
productivity and profitability for a variety of industries in
FARO's worldwide customer base. Principal products include the FARO
Laser ScanArm; FARO Laser Scanner LS; FARO Gage and Gage-PLUS;
Platinum, Digital Template, Titanium, Advantage FAROArms; the FARO
Laser Tracker X and Xi; and the CAM2 family of advanced CAD-based
measurement and reporting software. FARO Technologies is ISO 9001
certified and ISO-17025 laboratory registered. This press release
contains forward-looking statements (within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that are subject
to risks and uncertainties, such as statements about our plans,
objectives, projections, expectations, assumptions, strategies, or
future events. Statements that are not historical facts or that
describe the Company's plans, objectives, projections,
expectations, assumptions, strategies, or goals are forward-looking
statements. In addition, words such as "may," "believes,"
"anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "seeks," "estimates,"
"will," "should," "could," "projects," "forecast," "target,"
"goal," and similar expressions or discussions of our strategy or
other intentions identify forward-looking statements. Other written
or oral statements, which constitute forward-looking statements,
also may be made by the Company from time to time. Forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject
to various known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other
factors that may cause actual results, performances, or
achievements to differ materially from future results,
performances, or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Consequently, undue reliance should not
be placed on these forward-looking statements. Factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from what is expressed or
forecasted in forward-looking statements include, but are not
limited to: * the inability to protect our patents and other
proprietary rights in the United States and foreign countries and
the assertion and ultimate outcome of infringement claims against
us, including the pending suit by Cimcore-Romer against us; * the
inability to quickly deploy alternative designs in the event of a
negative outcome in the pending suit by Romer Cimcore against us;
and * the other risks detailed in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K and other filings from time to time with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. DATASOURCE: FARO Technologies, Inc.
CONTACT: Greg Fraser, Executive Vice President of FARO,
+1-407-333-9911, or Web site: http://www.faro.com/
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