Patented Technology

The XTool^®Products Patented Technology
XTool^® products are protected by the following patent: U.S. Patent No. 5,406,269 "Method and Apparatus for Remote Verification of the Operation of Electronic Devices by Standard Transmission Mediums" ("Baran Patent") Filed: August 13, 1993 Appl. No.: 106315

Litigation Update (Absolute vs Stealth) We are very excited with the latest developments from the US patent office and the appointment of a qualified special master.

Date	Event
10/21/2004	Absolute filed infringement lawsuit against Stealth in the western district of Washington at Seattle.
12/15/2004	Stealth filed Infringement counterclaim against Absolute based on the Baran patent. (""Method and Apparatus for Remote Verification of the Operation of Electronic Devices by Standard Transmission Mediums""). More Info.
03/07/2005	Court granted Stealth motion to change venue to the Southern District of Texas Houston Division. More Info.
03/15/2005	Absolute disclosed to the US patent office the existence of the Baran patent (Asserted against Absolute in the present litigation).
08/15/2005	Absolute files a public shareholder report representing to its shareholders that no infringement lawsuit has been filed against Absolute. http://www.absolute.com/PDF/FinancialReleases/AIF%20FreeForm.pdf (Page 12) If the above link becomes unavailable you can get the document here.
02/06/2007	Absolute files a report indicating, for the first time, that it has been sued for infringement but that management decided not to inform the shareholders because did not believe the lawsuit had any merits. This report still fails to identify the name of the party suing Absolute and the trial date. http://www.absolute.com/PDF/FinancialReleases/ABT_FY2007_Q2.pdf If the above link becomes unavailable you can get the document here.
03/06/2007	The US Patent office issued a final rejection for one of the latest Absolute patent applications based only on the Baran patent (Stealth exclusive licensed patent). More Info.
03/12/2007	Absolute’s president John Livingston sold 300,000 of his shares. More Info.
03/17/2007	Court has appointed expert on Internet and network protocols as special master for this case.
05/01/2007	Absolute files a public shareholders report identifying Stealth Signal, Inc as the party suing Absolute for patent infringement and failing to inform that the trial is currently set for June 1/2007. (page 4) http://www.absolute.com/PDF/FinancialReleases/ABT_FY2007_Q3.pdf
07/27/2007	Markman Hearing Transcripts PDF1,PDF2, PDF3, PDF4
02/08/2008	Special Master's Report and Recommendation on Claim Construction. More Info Special master agreed with Stealth on claim terms: " Automatically, Providing, Contacting, Global Network, Location, Surreptitiously of a user, Performance data, Performance feature, Monitor means, Formatting means, Transmission means, Decoding means, Interpretation means, Central site monitoring means"