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To: jcox who wrote (4258)	9/21/1998 2:59:00 PM
From: FMK	Respond to of 27311

An interesting post from the Yahoo ULBI thread midwestpatents (44/M/Chicago, IL) Sep 20 1998 10:14PM EDT Unlike the previous patent lawyer imposter, I do make my living doing patent law. Writing them and fighting them as we say! I have read or skimmed all of Valence's patents personally at the request (and $) of an investment broker. I will say that anyone who believes that ULBI is safe from Valence's patents is kidding themselves. As memory serves, they have patents covering: Materials, processing, key manufacturing steps, unique manufacturing techniques that improve yields and improve battery performance, assembly techniques, future designs, etc.. While the Bellcore patents are being licensed to many, and Valence also must license them, there is no danger to any of the licensees from lawsuits associated with the Bellcore patents. The patent infringements will likely result from the 200+ patents on all aspects of LiPoly batteries. The real danger to companies like ULBI is the fact that if they do get sued, the award will likely be trebled because the infringement is likely willfull. I personally believe that ULBI and others would really love to see Valence flounder because they fear such litigation. I'm only posting because I can't let a few of you get away with misleading current and potential investors as to how "safe" ULBI's legal position is. I assure you, ULBI has had their lawyers review Valence's patents and file away some "Opinion" letters in hope of avoiding the trebled damages. 1X damages are enough to sink many companies! I'm am not saying that ULBI is a bad investment or that they have not found workarounds to Valence's patents to avoid infringement, I just want the board readers to hear the risks. Thank you for your time and good night!

To: jcox who wrote (4258)	9/22/1998 6:25:00 PM
From: FMK	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27311

More on patents from the ULBI Yahoo thread. --------------------------------------------------------------------- goepling (45/M/Nashville) Sep 22 1998 3:11PM EDT Dennis, you might be right that ulbi won't infringe on vlnc's patents but from the IBM search I could only find 3 patents that exist for ulbi, compare that to 173 vlnc has listed as of 11/15/97, I have read on other threads that valence has 100 or more still pending. Who is more likely to infringe on who? Below is a link to Valence patent portfolio, it is awsome patent.womplex.ibm.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- If a company were about to dominate an industry, odds seem to favor Valence 173 to 3 over a popular competitor, at least from the patent perspective! Regards FMK