To: peter michaelson who wrote (294 ) 11/12/2000 7:52:29 PM From: peter michaelson Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1992 More from RB........ Charles Abraham, an inventor, a few years ago was Chairman of the Board and largest shareholder of a company called Elcom Technologies Corp. Elcom filed an SI registration statement with the SEC on 10/17/96 but withdrew its prospectus a few months later. (So far as I can determine, they never went public.) Mr. Abraham had sued his Elcom partners in May 1996 and won a settlement agreement giving Abraham all the patent rights for his various inventions relating to PLA technology. Here are excerpts from the S1 filing describing some of Elcom's products: "Elcom Technologies Corporation (the "Company") is the developer of the CUSTOMER PREMISES AREA NETWORK or CPAN System, which enables the distribution of video, voice, audio and data signals through a premises' (typically a home or small business) existing electrical wiring eliminating the need for additional television cables, phone lines and stereo wires throughout the premises. The CPAN System consists of a transmitter and a receiver which plug into standard electrical outlets. The transmitter is linked by standard input connectors to the signal source such as cable/satellite television, telephone line, stereo or computer. One or more receivers, located in other rooms, are linked by standard output connectors to televisions, telephones, fax/modems, speakers, computers or printers. The Company is developing a family of products incorporating the CPAN System, and recently began marketing five such products: ezTV, ezPHONE, ezONLINE, ezAUDIO and ezREMOTE." "The CPAN System provides a common platform for additional products currently under development, including the ezVIEW and ezCOMM products. THE ezVIEW PRODUCT IS INTENDED TO INTEGRATE ELECTRICAL WIRING SYSTEMS WITH VIDEO CAMERAS TO ENABLE PREMISES SURVEILLANCE IN MOST ROOMS." Does that last line sound familiar? Mr. Abraham's patents are detailed at length in the Elcom filing: freeedgar.com CIK=921317&Directory=950109&Year=96&SECIndex =6775&Extension=.txt&Path Flag=0&TextFileSize=1081019&SFType=&SDFiled =&DateFiled=10/17/1996&SourcePage= FilingsResults&UseFrame= 1&OEMSource=&FormType=S-1&CompanyName=ELCOM+TECHNOLOGIES+CORP