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30 April 2002
QED appointed to license Deutsche Telekom optoelectronics patents
QED Intellectual Property Limited, the patent licensing arm of technology
development and licensing company Scipher plc, today announces that it has been
appointed by Deutsche Telekom AG ("Deutsche Telekom") to license a major part
of its optoelectronic patent portfolio.
Deutsche Telekom has appointed QED to seek licensees for 96 patent families,
comprising 542 patents and patent applications, dramatically increasing QED's
portfolio of technologies to license. The patents cover inventions in optoelectronics
including materials, photonic crystals, fibre-integrated microlenses, connectors,
filters and optical integrated circuits.
The appointment was made after QED successfully acted for Deutsche Telekom
on the sale of 14 optoelectronic patent families to ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
Peter Backes, the Manager for International Patent Affairs at Deutsche Telekom
stated: "QED proved its capability in rapidly and efficiently selling some of
our patents and we are happy to entrust them with generating new revenue from
our optoelectronics technologies."
Dr Ken Gray, Chairman of Scipher, said: "This is a major step forward for Scipher
and we are delighted that Deutsche Telekom have given us this opportunity. We
will be using our extensive experience gained from successfully licensing other
optoelectronic technologies to the telecoms industry worldwide."
Scipher, through QED, licenses patents on behalf of its clients under revenue
sharing agreements. QED is currently working with many leading telecommunications
companies including British Telecommunications, Royal KPN NV and Telstra to create
value from their patents. Since March 2000, QED has been licensing BT's optical
fibre amplifier technology to a number of the world's key optical fibre amplifier
manufacturers that includes Furukawa Electric, Moritex, Alcatel and Mitsubishi
Cable, earning revenue for both Scipher and BT which is expected to continue over
the remaining lifetime of the patents.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
About Scipher
Scipher plc is the largest technology development and licensing company of
its type in Europe. Scipher delivers value from intellectual property (IP) in
two principal ways:
It commercialises patent-protected products developed by its own R&D resources,
through licensing or sale to high-growth markets around the world.
Using its extensive expertise in IP management it creates value from clients'
IP assets by providing a complete licence revenue generating service.
Scipher's impressive portfolio of advanced technology products and know-how covers
the markets for 3D Sound, Displays, Communications, Sensors, Secure Identification
and Broadcast Monitoring. Almost two-thirds of Scipher's revenues are earned outside
the UK in 49 countries.
Scipher is backed by more than 70 years in advanced R&D including developments
of such historic importance as stereo recording, television broadcasting and the
medical CT scanner, which won a Nobel Prize for its inventor. Scipher's continuing
tradition of technological achievement has been recognised most recently by winning
the 2001 MacRobert Award, the highest UK accolade for innovation, awarded for
Scipher's outstanding 3D Sound technology.
Scipher is listed on the London Stock Exchange (FTSE:SIP) and is a constituent
of the techMark 100 index. For further information, visit the web-site: www.scipher.com
About Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom is Europe's largest telecommunications company and one of the
worldwide engines of innovation in the industry. Deutsche Telekom has a 4-pillar
growth strategy based on the interactions between T-Online (Consumer Internet),
T-Mobile (Mobile Communications), T-Systems (Data/IP/Systems Solutions) and T-Com
(Network access Services) and is expanding rapidly overseas, aiming to become
a leading global player in the industry. Deutsche Telekom currently has over 100
million customers and its revenue in 2001 was €48.3 billion.
About ADC Telecommunications
ADC Telecommunications is 'The Broadband Company', helping the world communicate
by supplying network equipment, software solutions and integration services for
broadband multiservice networks that deliver data, video and voice communications
over telephone, cable television, Internet, broadcast, wireless and enterprise
networks. ADC has sales into nearly 100 countries and is included in the Standard
and Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq 100 Index (Symbol: ADCT).
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