O2Micro Granted Significant Patent Continuation for Battery Charging Invention
May 03 2005 - 1:40PM
Business Wire
O2Micro(R) International Limited (NASDAQ:OIIM), a leading supplier
of innovative power management and security ICs to manufacturers of
products for the computer, consumer, industrial, and communications
markets, was granted 14 claims under United States patent number
6,861,823 for its high accuracy Voltage Mode Battery Charging
invention; a continuation of the invention issued August 2003 under
United States patent number 6,611,129. O2Micro's patented Battery
Charging IC architecture regulates the charging cycle to provide
accurate charging and charge termination. This architecture offers
the design community higher charge accuracy, simplified loop
compensation, and a lower parts count than other battery charge
controller solutions available today. "This significant patent
continuation allows O2Micro to expand the Charger family benefits
for solutions built on this core architecture," remarked Dr. Alex
Hartular, vice president of O2Micro's Intelligent Power business
unit. About O2Micro Founded in April 1995, O2Micro develops and
markets innovative power management and security components for
manufacturers of products for the computer, consumer, industrial,
and communications markets. Products include Intelligent Lighting,
Battery Management, Power Management, SmartCardBus(R), PCI
ExpressSwitch(TM) and Security products, such as VPN/Firewall
system solutions. O2Micro International maintains an extensive
portfolio of intellectual property with 2,486 patent claims
granted, and over 5,000 more pending. The company maintains offices
worldwide. Additional company and product information can be found
on the company website at www.o2micro.com. O2Micro, the O2Micro
logo, SmartCardBus and combinations thereof are registered
trademarks of O2Micro. ExpressSwitch and combinations thereof are
trademarks of O2Micro. Statements made in this release that are not
historical, including statements regarding O2Micro's or
management's intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations,
representations, projections, plans or predictions of the future,
are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve
risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ
materially from those set forth in these statements. Factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially include risks and
uncertainties such as reduced demand for products of electronic
equipment manufacturers which include O2Micro's products due to
adverse economic conditions in general or specifically affecting
O2Micro's markets, technical difficulties and delays in the
developments process, and errors in the products. You are also
referred to the Form F-1 in connection with the company's initial
public offering in August 2000, Form F-3 in connection with the
company's public offering in November 2001, and the annual reports
on Form 20-F, which identify important risk factors that could
cause actual results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements. The company assumes no obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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