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To: Tom Hoff who wrote (2641)	11/15/1998 6:56:00 PM
From: Michael Latas	Respond to of 8393

The patent laws in Japan apparently are different from the USA. My comments were in reference to the US patent laws. Sorry. Regards.

To: Tom Hoff who wrote (2641)	11/15/1998 9:00:00 PM
From: Don Devlin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8393

As a result of the Japanese patent given to ECD for NiMH technology, the royalties owed for production by Battery companies in Japan to ECD now extends back to 1992 . The life of the Japanese, ECD patent, begins in 1992. This includes all NiMH batteries manufactured in Japan even from non- Japanese companies such as SAFT. Unfortunately ECD gave an exemption to a certain Matsuchita NiMH battery technology and it is exempt from royalties and causing ECD a good many problems. Don Devlin