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To: rli123 who wrote (22316)	11/14/2000 2:36:46 PM
From: Rich Wolf	Read Replies (1) of 27311

OT re: AEA, my memory was that the Goodenough patents on cobalt oxide materials were owned by the British Atomic Energy Association. Goodenough is now at U of Texas, Austin (last I heard), and his recent patent on 'lithium-containing phosphates' is identical to the patent obtained by Barker for Valence. It is unknown whether these two patented materials yield comparable results, don't count out a Goodenough end-around. I noted here some months ago that the chemical compounds are identical except in the ordering of the elements. The same patent examiner granted these two patents, Valence's preceded the Goodenough by 6 months. Re: the size of royalties paid to AEA, there were rumors of billions of dollars, others claim it is far less. I recall Zeev weighed in on this. Also, Valence does not have an exlusive patent on manganese dioxide either, I tracked one down that is owned by Matsushita. I also noted that NEC's US subsidiary has been making manganese li-ion cells recently. The waters are murky. One certainty, Valence needed the Bellcore patent to make their own set complete.

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