Labeling expert Avery Dennison Corporation announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted the Company's Request for Reexamination of 3M Company's U.S. Patent No. 5,897,930, the patent that is the subject of ongoing litigation between the two companies.
Avery Dennison's request was based on five earlier issued patents that were not considered by the Patent and Trademark Office before issuing the '930 patent to 3M. In granting the Company's request, the Patent and Trademark Office stated that the five patents raise 'substantial new questions of patentability' affecting the claims in the '930 patent.
In the ongoing patent infringement litigation concerning the '930 patent, Avery Dennison is contesting a jury verdict in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota that held that some of Avery Dennison's Easy Apply Technology EZ Graphics Film products infringe the '930 patent and that the '930 patent is valid.
Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive labeling materials, office products and retail tag, ticketing and branding systems. Based in Pasadena, California, Avery Dennison is a FORTUNE 500 company with 2005 sales of $5.5 billion. Avery Dennison employs more than 22,000 individuals in 48 countries worldwide who apply the Company's technologies to develop, manufacture and market a wide range of products for both consumer and industrial markets.
Products offered by Avery Dennison include Avery-brand office products and graphics imaging media, Fasson-brand self-adhesive materials, peel-and-stick postage stamps, reflective highway safety products, labels for a wide variety of automotive, industrial and durable goods applications, brand identification and supply chain management products for the retail and apparel industries, and specialty tapes and polymers.
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