U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Grants Tumbleweed a New Digital Certificate Patent
July 05 2006 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Tumbleweed(R) Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:TMWD), a leading
provider of email security, managed file transfer, and identity
validation appliance and software products, today announced that it
has been granted U.S. Patent No. 7,073,056 by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office. The new patent, titled "Apparatus and Method for
Demonstrating and Confirming the Status of Digital Certificates and
Other Data" describes a method and apparatus for demonstrating and
confirming the status of digital certificates and other data. The
new patent is a continuation of U.S. Patent No. 6,532,540, which is
itself a divisional of Patent No. 5,903,651, the application for
which was filed on May 14, 1996. Tumbleweed's patent portfolio
includes 23 granted U.S. utility patents. The patent portfolio
broadly covers secure communication over Internet standards. SAFE
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statements contained in this press release are based on plans and
expectations as of the date of the press release, and that a number
of factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from
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uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
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and enforcement of the Tumbleweed patent portfolio. In some cases,
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investing in Tumbleweed, we refer you to the documents Tumbleweed
files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, particularly Tumbleweed's Form 10-K filed March 16,
2006 and Form 10-Q filed May 10, 2006. Tumbleweed assumes no
obligation to update information contained in this press release.
Although this release may remain available on Tumbleweed's website
or elsewhere, its continued availability does not indicate that
Tumbleweed is reaffirming or confirming any of the information
contained herein. About Tumbleweed Communications Corp. Tumbleweed
provides security solutions for email protection, file transfers,
and identity validation that allow organizations to safely conduct
business over the Internet. Tumbleweed offers these solutions in
three comprehensive product suites: MailGate(R),
SecureTransport(TM) and Validation Authority(TM). MailGate provides
protection against spam, viruses and attacks, and enables
policy-based message filtering, encryption and routing.
SecureTransport enables business to safely exchange large files and
transactions without proprietary software. Validation Authority is
the world-leading solution for determining the validity of digital
certificates. Tumbleweed's enterprise and government customers
include ABN Amro, Bank of America Securities, Catholic Healthcare
West, JP Morgan Chase & Co., The Regence Group (Blue Cross/Blue
Shield), St. Luke's Episcopal Healthcare System, the US Food and
Drug Administration, the US Department of Defense, and all four
branches of the US Armed Forces. Tumbleweed was founded in 1993 and
is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. For additional information
about Tumbleweed go to www.tumbleweed.com or call 650-216-2000.
Tumbleweed, MailGate, SecureTransport, and Validation Authority are
either registered trademarks or trademarks of Tumbleweed
Communications Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.
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