Litex Files Suit Against Delphi Automotive Systems for Patent Infringement

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Litex Files Suit Against Delphi Automotive Systems for Patent Infringement

CALIFORNIA, SHERMAN OAKS, Jun. 7 -/E-Wire/-- Litex, Inc. announced that it filed a lawsuit for patent infringement against Delphi Automotive Systems for its activities

involving non thermal plasma ("NTP') assisted catalysis.

The lawsuit was filed on May 25, 2001, in the United States District Court for the

District of Massachusetts.

Delphi's infringement has caused substantial adverse impact on Litex's efforts to

license its technology to the automotive industry. Litex's lawsuit against Delphi

includes allegations that Delphi infringes at least one of Litex's patents and prays

that the Court render judgment preliminarily and permanently enjoining and restraining

Delphi from further infringement, compensatory and treble damages, and the ordering of

the destruction of all devices and prototypes which infringe. Litex has been in

discussions with Delphi for several years regarding the Litex NTP assisted catalysis

Litex is the holder of a broad patent portfolio comprised of seven U.S. patents which

cover the treatment of exhaust gases from internal combustion engines including diesel

and gasoline with NTP assisted catalysis. Three patents are assigned to the Lockheed

Martin Corporation with exclusive, worldwide license, with right to sublicense held by

Litex, Inc. The remaining four patents are assigned to Litex. Additional U.S. and

foreign patents are pending and are expected to be added to the portfolio in the

near-term. Lockheed Martin is not a party to this lawsuit.

Exhaust aftertreatment utilizing NTP assisted catalysis is rapidly emerging as one of

the most promising new emissions control technologies. The claimed methods and devices

in the Litex patent portfolio provide substantial reductions of tailpipe pollutants

such as unburned hydrocarbons, particulates, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides, as

well as enhanced catalytic converter immunity to poisoning from sulfur and other

contaminants. These benefits are expected to assist the automobile industry in

cost-effectively meeting the increasingly stringent emission standards such as Tier 2,

LEV II and EURO IV. In addition, the Litex technology is expected to be enabling

technology for the introduction of advance lean burn gasoline and diesel engines.

Litex is engaged in discussions and negotiations for licensing its NTP catalysis

technology and intellectual property to global automotive suppliers and automobile

manufacturers. To protect its significant investment in R&D; and its licensing program,

Litex is committed to enforce its intellectual property rights in all applications,

including lean burn gasoline, stoichiometric gasoline, stationary power generation,

VOC abatement and fuel-cells. Litex has supplemented its reserves by acquiring a $5

million patent enforcement insurance policy from various syndicates of Lloyd's of

London. The leading New York law firm of Pennie & Edmonds LLP is responsible for

handling all Litex patent related matters.

Litex, with an executive office in Sherman Oaks, Calif., was established in August

1996 to commercialize innovative technologies that demonstrate strong market potential

and offer cost-effective solutions to complex industrial and consumer needs. Litex's

technology activities are based at its offices in Cambridge, Mass. More information

about Litex and NTP assisted catalysis technology is available at the company's Web

site at www.litexcorp.com, or by phoning the company at 818/817-7600.

http://www.litexcorp.com

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