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To: SMALL FRY who wrote (89009)	3/17/2000 1:08:00 PM
From: bebu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 120523

buying VVUS here @ 10 1/4 for a GAP monday: VIVUS Awarded Patent for Oral Treatment of Premature Ejaculation. biz.yahoo.com

To: SMALL FRY who wrote (89009)	3/17/2000 2:00:00 PM
From: Northern Cougar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 120523

SF sorry for late reply am having @home disruptions again.. GSLI will be ok... they have already responded as expected to these ESIO allegations GSI Lumonics Inc. Responds to Patent Infringement Claim KANATA, Ontario, Canada, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- GSI Lumonics Inc. (Nasdaq: GSLI - news; Toronto: LSI - news) today announced it has recently been named in a patent infringement suit by Electro Scientific Industries (Nasdaq: ESIO - news). Based on extensive research by GSI Lumonics, and the opinion of outside counsel received in April 1999, the company believes it does not infringe on ESI's U.S. patent 5,847,960 titled ``Multi-Tool Positioning System'. GSI Lumonics also believes the claims by ESI are totally without merit. GSI Lumonics has the number one market position in laser via hole drilling with its flagship GS600 system. The company is confident that its technology is proprietary and will move quickly to bring this matter to closure. The company regrets if its customers and shareholders have been distracted by this claim. GSI Lumonics Inc. brings laser-based automated advanced manufacturing systems, instrumentation and components to leading industrial companies worldwide. The Company supplies products and service to the semiconductor, electronics, automotive, medical, aerospace and telecommunications industries. GSI Lumonics' common shares are listed on Nasdaq and The Toronto Stock Exchange. The Company's web site address is www.gsilumonics.com. For further information: Fran Crecco Investor Relations 978-439-5511 (ext: 6104) To the extent this news release discusses financial projections, information or expectations about GSI Lumonics Inc., products or markets, or otherwise makes statements about the future, such statements are forward looking and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. The factors include the fact that the companies' sales have been and are expected to continue to be dependent upon customer capital equipment expenditures, which are, in turn, affected by business cycles in the markets served by those customers. Other factors include continued volatility in Asia and in the semiconductor industry, the risk of order delays and cancellations, the risk of delays by customers in introducing their new products and market acceptance of products incorporating subsystems supplied by the companies, similar risks to the companies of delays in their new products and other risks detailed in the companies' Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. SOURCE: GSI Lumonics Inc. Now the lawyers get to talk to each other yadda! yadda! yadda! N.C.