U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Rejects Hexagon Patent Claims
13 December 2006 - 2:27AM
PR Newswire (US)
LAKE MARY, Fla., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:FARO) today announced that key claims in
Hexagon's '148 patent have been rejected by the Patent &
Trademark Office (PTO) in a Reexamination Proceeding that had
originally been initiated by FARO. The rejected claims include all
the claims involved in the ongoing '148 patent infringement case
filed by Romer-CimCore, a subsidiary of Hexagon, AB - FARO's
largest competitor. "The PTO's initial rejection substantiates our
continuing belief that the '148 patent is invalid," FARO President
and CEO Jay Freeland said. If this rejection is ultimately made
final, the patent claims asserted against the Company in the
Hexagon litigation will be invalidated, and FARO will then prevail
in its litigation. The Hexagon '148 patent claims cover a
four-jointed arm construction with a mechanically unlimited
rotation of certain joints. The PTO, in its rejection, has
determined that this feature was already found in a number of prior
patents and so determined that the '148 claims were "obvious" in
view of these prior patents. Hexagon will have the right to respond
to, and eventually appeal, the rejection of the claims. About FARO
With more than 13,000 installations and 5,700 customers globally,
FARO Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and markets portable,
computerized measurement devices and software used to create
digital models - or to perform evaluations against an existing
model - for anything requiring highly detailed 3-D measurements,
including part and assembly inspection, factory planning and asset
documentation, as well as specialized applications ranging from
surveying, recreating accident sites and crime scenes to digitally
preserving historical sites. FARO's technology increases
productivity by dramatically reducing the amount of on-site
measuring time, and the various industry-specific software packages
enable users to process and present their results quickly and more
effectively. Principal products include the world's best-selling
portable measurement arm - the FaroArm; the world's best-selling
laser tracker - the FARO Laser Tracker X and Xi; the FARO Laser
ScanArm; FARO Laser Scanner LS; the FARO Gage, Gage-PLUS and
PowerGAGE; and the CAM2 family of advanced CAD-based measurement
and reporting software. FARO Technologies is ISO-9001 certified and
ISO-17025 laboratory registered. Learn more at http://www.faro.com/
DATASOURCE: FARO Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Darin Sahler, Global
PR Manager of FARO Technologies, Inc., +1-407-333-9911, or Web
site: http://www.faro.com/
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