HID Global and ASSA ABLOY Strengthen Patent Portfolio

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

HID Global has announced that the company and its parent, ASSA ABLOY, have been notified by the United States Patent Office that their patent, US 2008/0163361, titled "Method and Apparatus for Making a Decision on a Card," has been allowed and will issue shortly.

The patent complements an earlier patent, US 7,706,778, titled "System and Method for Remotely Assigning and Revoking Access Credentials Using a Near Field Communication Equipped Mobile Phone," which issued last year. Both patents are part of HID Global's rapidly growing investment in developing mobile access solutions using Near Field Communications (NFC) technology.

Dr. Tam Hulusi, Sr. VP, Strategic Innovation, HID Global said, "HID is excited to be issued these patents, which protect key innovations in our recently announced iCLASS Secure Identity Object-Enabled (iCLASS SE) access control solutions and Trusted Identity Platform. Our large IP portfolio includes many patents that are essential to industry standards such as those established by Global Platform, a cross-industry, not-for-profit association that identifies, develops and publishes specifications to facilitate the secure and interoperable deployment and management of multiple embedded applications on secure chip technology. We invite interested companies to contact us to discuss the opportunity of licensing applicable IP from us."

Denis Hebert, President & CEO, HID Global said, "As a trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity, HID Global and ASSA ABLOY invested heavily in developing an extensive intellectual property portfolio to protect our investment in state-of-the-art, industry-leading products. We remain focused on continuing to expand the size and breadth of our patent portfolio. These latest additions strengthen HID's IP and patent portfolio with two more core patents for physical and logical access control on mobile platforms."


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