Honeywell's Patented Display Technology Licensed By NEC LCD Technologies; Honeywell Technology Increases Brightness Of Images On LCDs

15-Dec-04

Honeywell announced today that Honeywell and NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd. (""NEC LCD"") have signed a license agreement enabling NEC LCD to use a Honeywell technology relating to liquid crystal display (LCD) products. The patented technology increases the brightness of images and reduces the appearance of certain interference effects on LCDs. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. LCDs are widely used in products such as desktop PC monitors, notebook computers, cell phones, personal digital assistants, portable DVD players, portable LCD TVs, video game systems, and digital still cameras. The agreement provides NEC LCD a license to use Honeywell's technology protected by U.S. Patent Number 5,280,371 - the ""'371"" patent. LG.Philips LCD and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., have previously taken licenses under the '371 patent. As announced on October 6, 2004, Honeywell recently filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against 34 electronics companies alleging infringement of the '371 patent. ""Honeywell's investment in technology is very significant, and as a result, we vigorously promote the licensed use of our intellectual property,"" said John Donofrio, Vice President of Intellectual Property at Honeywell. ""We are pleased that NEC LCD has joined LG.Philips and Samsung Electronics as distinguished participants in our licensing program and will benefit from our technology,"" said Loria Yeadon, CEO, Honeywell Intellectual Properties Inc. For more information, please visit http://www.honeywell.com.

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