SECUGEN GRANTED 20-YEAR PATENT IN CHINA
SANTA CLARA - 12/31/04 - The China's Patent Office has granted the SecuGen Corporation a patent for its key fingerprint recognition sensor hardware.
The patent entitled, "Method and Apparatus for Reduction of Trapezoidal Distortion and Improvement of Image Sharpness in an Optical Image Capturing System" covers the optic technology used in all of the company's sensors.
Granted under the auspices of the State Intellectual Property Office, the patent designates SecuGen Corporation as the sole assignee for a period of twenty years.
Santa Clara-headquartered SecuGen Corporation develops and manufactures advanced, optical fingerprint recognition technology, products, tools and platforms for physical and information security.
It also designs and develops proprietary and patented fingerprint sensors and algorithms and markets OEM components, developer kits, application software, and fingerprint peripherals worldwide for a wide range of applications.
Go
back, or read the latest Page Two stories:
PierPASS Program Garners Support, Survey Says
LONG BEACH – 09/02/05 – The two-month old OffPeak terminal gate program at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has gotten a nod of approval from the truckers serving the ports’ busiest container facilities, according to a new survey conducted by program administrator PierPASS; the program was created to establish night and Saturday shifts at the terminals to relieve traffic congestion on the roads and highways in and around the ports.
Sony to Offer Cell-Phone Comics in Japan
CULVER CITY – 08/30/05 – Sony Pictures Entertainment is positioning itself to dominate the Japanese cell phone ''manga'' market with the announcement that it plans to triple the number of animated comics titles it offers the country’s so-called ''manga maniacs;'' aficionados of the animated action cartoons spent an estimated $906 million on comics in 2004, according to Japan's Nomura Research Institute.
Study: California Loses Out on Runaway Films
LOS ANGELES – 08/26/05 – Almost six out of every ten ''Hollywood'' productions are shot outside of California, a trend costing the state millions in lost tax revenues every year, according to a new study compiled by the Los Angeles Economic Development Corp.; the report comes as lawmakers in Sacramento are working to craft legislation to offer tax breaks to encourage film producers to continue shooting films, TV shows, and commercials in the state.
FedEx Goes Solar in Oakland
OAKLAND – 08/24/05 – Expedited air carrier FedEx has installed California’s largest solar-powered energy system at its hub facility at Oakland International Airport; the new system – built by the PowerLight Corp. in nearby Berkeley – will produce the equivalent of the amount of electrical power used by more than 900 homes during the daytime and fuel a full 80% of the facility's energy needs.
UP to Acquire ''Green Goat'' Locomotives
OMAHA, Nebraska – 08/22/05 – The Union Pacific Railroad will pay more than $8 million to acquire 10 Canadian-built ''Green Goat'' locomotives for duty as switchers at its Southern California rail terminals; the low-emission, hybrid locomotives are powered by large banks of storage batteries that are automatically recharged by small, low-emission diesel engine.
California MTBE Challenge Dismissed by NAFTA Panel
WASHINGTON, DC – 08/18/05 – A $970 million claim brought by the Methanex Corp., a Canadian company challenging California’s ban on the use of the gasoline additive MTBE, has been dismissed by a North American Free Trade Agreement arbitration panel; the panel also ordered the Vancouver, BC-headquartered company to pay the US $4 million in legal and arbital expenses.
|
![](http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=h8BN5KCpRYw&offerid=20386.10000001&type=4&subid=0"><IMG width="120" height="60" alt="blue box" border="0" src="http://www.site59.com/global/images/affiliate/120_60(bl)_01.gif"></a><IMG border="0" width="1" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=h8BN5KCpRYw&bids=20386.10000001&type=4&subid=0">){kind=link}