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SST Responds to Federal Court ofAppeals' Ruling
January 7, 2000 08:45 AM
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2000--SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.) SSTI today responded to the recent Federal Court of Appeals' ruling which reversed an earlier District Court decision to invalidate Atmel Corporation's '811 patent.
"We believe that the recent decision of the Federal Circuit overturning a ruling that the '811 patent is invalid should have no effect on SST and its customers," said Bing Yeh, president and CEO of SST in response to a press release issued yesterday by Atmel. "Before the '811 patent had been ruled invalid in a case in which SST was not involved, an Administrative Law judge at the International Trade Commission had already ruled that SST's products did not infringe the '811 patent. The Administrative Law judge's finding of non-infringement still must be adopted by the Commission, but we are confident that it will be adopted and that no exclusion order will be issued," he said.
Yeh also stated his belief that the District Court action between Atmel and SST would result in a similar finding of non-infringement.
About Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, SST designs, manufactures and markets a diversified range of nonvolatile memory solutions, based on proprietary, patented SuperFlash technology, for the computer, communications and consumer markets. SST's product families include low-cost, high-functionality flash memory components, CompactFlash card mass storage products and 8-bit microcontrollers with on-chip flash memory. SST also offers its SuperFlash technology for embedded applications through its world-class manufacturing partners and technology licensees IBM, Motorola, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Seiko Epson Corp., TSMC-Acer Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TASMC) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC). Further information on SST can be found on the company's website at ssti.com.
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