[EXHIBIT 10.52 - Certain portions of this document have been
omitted in the publicly filed version of this document pursuant
to the Registrant's request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Omitted confidential information is indicated in brackets
in this Exhibit.]
SPD-SMART WINDOW LICENSE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
RESEARCH FRONTIERS INCORPORATED
AND
VISION SYSTEMS
This License Agreement ("Agreement") effective as of
January 22, 2010 by and between RESEARCH FRONTIERS
INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation ("LICENSOR")
and VISION SYSTEMS, a corporation organized under the laws
of France ("LICENSEE").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, LICENSOR has been engaged in research
and development in the application of physicochemical concepts
to Light Valves and Licensed Products (both as hereinafter
defined) and of methods and apparatus relating to products
incorporating such concepts; and is possessed of and can convey
information and know-how for such products and rights to
manufacture, use and sell such products; and
WHEREAS, LICENSEE is interested in manufacturing
and selling Licensed Products; and
WHEREAS, LICENSEE desires to acquire from
LICENSOR, and LICENSOR desires to grant to LICENSEE,
certain rights and licenses with respect to such technology of
LICENSOR;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and the mutual covenants herein and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows.
1 DEFINITIONS.
The following terms when used herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in this Article 1.
The "Effective Date" of this Agreement shall be the date which
is the last date of formal execution of this Agreement by duly
authorized representatives of the parties to this Agreement as
indicated on the signature page of this Agreement.
"Licensed Product" means a Light Valve Aircraft Product and a
Light Valve Transportation Vehicle Window Product
incorporating a Light Valve. The term "Licensed Product" shall
not include Light Valves used or intended for use in any product
other than as specifically defined herein, such as but not limited
to, other window products not specifically defined herein, such
as windows for homes and other buildings, transportation
vehicles not specifically enumerated as included in the
definition of "Transportation Vehicle" below, and non-window
products such as but not limited to displays, eyewear, sunvisors,
toys, mirrors or filters for scientific instruments, lamps or
contrast enhancement of displays. The term "display" means
any device for displaying letters, numbers, images or other
indicia or patterns. Nothing contained herein shall permit
LICENSEE to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of a Light Valve
which is not incorporated or intended to be incorporated as
described above into a Licensed Product.
"Licensed Territory" means the continent of Europe.
"Light Valve" means a variable light transmission device
comprising: a cell including cell walls, containing or adapted to
contain an activatable material, described hereinafter, such that
a change in the optical characteristics of the activatable material
affects the characteristics of light absorbed by, transmitted
through and/or reflected from the cell; means incorporated in or
on the cell, or separate therefrom for applying an electric or
magnetic field to the activatable material within the cell; and
coatings (including, but not limited to, electrodes), spacers,
seals, electrical and/or electronic components, and other
elements incorporated in or on or combined with the cell. The
activatable material, which the cell contains or is adapted to
contain, includes in it solid suspended particles, which when
subjected to a suitable electric or magnetic field, orient to
produce a change in the optical characteristics of the device, and
may be in the form of a liquid suspension, gel, film or other
material.
"Light Valve Aircraft Product" means a Light Valve used or
intended for use solely as an interior window, sunvisor, shade,
partition or cabin divider, integrally incorporated in, or attached
as a fixture to the external structure or internal structure of an
airplane, helicopter, or jet aircraft.
"Light Valve Transportation Vehicle Window Product" means a
Light Valve used or intended for use solely as a sunvisor or
window (including sunroofs and window panes which are an
integral part of the internal or external structure) integrally
incorporated in a Transportation Vehicle, or a shade for such
window. The term "Light Valve Transportation Vehicle
Window Product" may include Light Valves which are used or
intended for use in a non-military transportation vehicle as, or as
part of, or are laminated to, or whose surface area is primarily
attached to, as a window, sunroof windshield, sunvisor a
partition or cabin divider. The term "Transportation Vehicle"
shall mean busses and trains (including light rail trains and
monorails), recreational vehicles, trucks, mobile cranes, and
construction vehicles, but shall exclude passenger cars, sport
utility vehicles, vans, boats or other watercraft, aircraft, space
craft and space-stations and other types of vehicles not
specifically enumerated above.
The "Net Selling Price" of a Licensed Product on which
royalties are payable shall be the larger of the following: (A) the
genuine selling price of LICENSEE and its sublicensees
hereunder (including amounts charged for any wiring,
installation, and related services provided by LICENSEE and its
sublicensees hereunder) f.o.b. factory at which nonaffiliated
customers are billed in the usual course of business for a
Licensed Product, as packed for shipment to the customer; and
(B) US$100 per window. The aforementioned US$100 figure
specified in clause (B) above shall be adjusted upward as of
each January 1st hereafter beginning on January 1, 2011 by any
increase in the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (the
"Index") for the 12 month period ending in December of the
prior year, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
United States Department of Labor (or if the Index is not then
being published, the most nearly comparable successor index).
In calculating a genuine selling price of a product for the above
calculation, such price may be reduced only by the applicable
proportions of the following if, and to the extent that, amounts
in respect thereof are reflected in such selling price: (i) normal
trade discounts actually allowed; (ii) sales, use or excise and
added value taxes and custom duties paid; (iii) if the genuine
selling price is other than f.o.b. factory, amounts paid for f.o.b.
transportation of the product to the customer's premises or place
of installation or delivery; (iv) insurance costs and the costs of
packing material, boxes, cartons and crates required for
shipping; provided, however, that for purposes of this
calculation, the genuine selling price of a product may not be
less than 90% of the gross selling price of said product after all
deductions therefrom, if any. If a product is leased, sold, used
or otherwise disposed of on terms not involving a bona fide
arm's length sale to an unaffiliated third party, then the Net
Selling Price for such transactions shall be deemed to be the Net
Selling Price as defined above for identical products sold to a
nonaffiliated customer nearest to the date of such lease, sale,
use, or other disposition.
"Technical Information" means all useful information relating to
apparatus, methods, processes, practices, formulas, techniques,
procedures, patterns, ingredients, designs and the like including
(by way of example) drawings, written recitations of data,
specifications, parts, lists, assembly procedures, operating and
maintenance manuals, test and other technical reports,
know-how of LICENSOR, and the like owned or controlled by
LICENSOR, to the extent they exist, that relate to Light Valves,
Licensed Products and/or to the suspensions or other
components used or usable for Licensed Products or Light
Valves including, but not limited to, particles, particle
precursors, coatings, polymers, liquid suspensions and
suspending liquids, or any combination thereof, and that consist
of concepts invented or developed by LICENSOR. Know-how
of LICENSOR's suppliers and of LICENSOR's other licensees
and their sublicensees under licenses from LICENSOR shall not
be considered Technical Information owned or controlled by
LICENSOR.
2 GRANT OF LICENSE.
2.1 License. During the term of this Agreement,
LICENSOR hereby grants LICENSEE a non-exclusive right and
license to use (a) all of the Technical Information, if any,
(subject to Section 8.1 hereof), furnished by LICENSOR
pursuant to this Agreement, and (b) any invention claimed in (i)
any of the unexpired patents now or hereafter listed on Schedule
A attached hereto or (ii) unexpired patents which issue from
pending patent applications now or hereafter listed in Schedule
A, and any continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions,
reissues, reexaminations, or extensions thereof to make, have
made, and to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of Licensed
Products in the Licensed Territory. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein or in Schedule A hereto to the contrary, no
rights or licenses shall be granted hereunder with respect to any
new particle (other than LICENSOR's current polyiodide
crystal) now or hereafter under development or invented by or
for LICENSOR or comprising part of the activatable material of
a Light Valve emulsion or film sold or for sale by any other
licensee of LICENSOR.
2.2 No Other Rights. LICENSEE agrees that, except
for the specific licenses granted to it under Section 2.1 hereof
for use in Licensed Products, LICENSEE has not acquired any
rights or licenses under this Agreement to use Light Valves or
any components thereof made by or for LICENSEE or its
sublicensees pursuant to this Agreement.
2.3 Sublicenses. LICENSEE shall have the right to
grant non-exclusive sublicenses to any of its wholly-owned and
controlled subsidiaries, whose obligations to LICENSOR
hereunder LICENSEE hereby guarantees, and each of which
acknowledges to LICENSOR in writing for each sublicense that
it wishes to become a sublicensee hereunder prior to doing so
and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. All sublicenses shall (i) be non-exclusive, (ii) shall
terminate with the termination of the rights and licenses granted
to LICENSEE under Section 2.1 hereof, and be otherwise
limited in accordance with the limitations and restrictions which
are imposed on the rights and licenses granted to LICENSEE
hereunder, (iii) contain confidentiality provisions no less
protective than those contained in Section 12.1 hereof, and (iv)
shall contain such other terms, conditions, and licenses as are
necessary to enable LICENSEE to fulfill its obligations
hereunder. LICENSEE shall send LICENSOR a copy of every
sublicense agreement or other agreement entered into by
LICENSEE in connection with a sublicense hereunder within
thirty (30) days of the execution thereof and shall also notify
LICENSOR prior to any change in ownership in a sublicensee.
LICENSOR may terminate any such sublicense if there is any
change in the ownership or control of a sublicensee.
3 ROYALTY PAYMENTS, REPORTS AND RECORD-KEEPING.
3.1 Royalties and Reports on Net Sales. During the term
of this Agreement, LICENSEE agrees to pay LICENSOR an
earned royalty which shall be fifteen percent (15%) of the Net
Selling Price of Licensed Products which embody, or the
manufacture of which utilizes, any of the rights granted under
Section 2.1 hereof, and which are manufactured by or for
LICENSEE and sold, leased, used or otherwise disposed of by
or for LICENSEE or a permitted sublicensee. Payments under
this Section 3.1 shall be made on a monthly basis and made
within 10 days after the end of the calendar month in which
such Licensed Products were sold, leased, used or otherwise
disposed of by or for LICENSEE or a permitted sublicensee
hereunder. Each royalty payment shall be in U.S. dollars and
shall be accompanied by a statement by LICENSEE showing in
reasonable detail the amount of Licensed Products sold, used,
leased or otherwise disposed of by or for LICENSEE and its
sublicensees during the preceding month, any deductions taken
or credits applied, and the currency exchange rate used to report
sales made in currencies other than U.S. dollars. LICENSEE
shall use the exchange rates for buying U.S. dollars in effect on
the last day of each month, as specified in The New York
Times. The first such statement shall cover the period from the
Effective Date of this Agreement to the end of the first calendar
month in which a Licensed Product is sold, used, leased or
otherwise disposed of by or for LICENSEE or its sublicensees.
In addition, LICENSEE shall provide LICENSOR with monthly
reports of its activities involving the development of Licensed
Products. LICENSEE shall also furnish to LICENSOR at the
same time it becomes available to any third party, a copy of
each brochure, price list, advertisement or other marketing and
promotional materials prepared, published or distributed by
LICENSEE or its sublicensees relating to Licensed Products.
LICENSOR shall have the right, but not the obligation, to
approve any use by LICENSEE of LICENSOR's name, logo, or
other information about Licensed Products, and to require the
correction of any inaccurate information.
3.2 Minimum Royalties - Regardless of whether
LICENSEE is selling any Licensed Products, during the term of
this Agreement LICENSEE agrees to pay LICENSOR [Confidential
Information Omitted and filed separately with the Securities
and Exchange Commission] upon signing of this License Agreement
and the non-refundable minimum royalties (in U.S. Dollars)
specified below for each of the stated periods:
Period Minimum Royalty
[Confidential Information Omitted and filed separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission]
3.3 Time and Method of Payment. The initial fee and
payment for the first minimum annual royalty payment under
Section 3.2 shall be paid to LICENSOR within 10 days of the
Effective Date of this Agreement, and each subsequent payment
under Section 3.2 to LICENSOR shall be made on or before
January 31 of each license year commencing January 1, 2011.
All other payments shall be due on the date specified in this
Agreement, or if no date is specified, within 30 days of invoice.
All payments that remain unpaid past their due date shall bear
interest at an annual rate equal to the lesser of 25% or the
maximum interest rate permitted by law. All payments made to
LICENSOR shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account of Research Frontiers
Incorporated at Chase Manhattan Bank, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Account No.: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇, ABA
Wire Code No.: 021 000 021, or to such other account or place,
as LICENSOR may specify in a notice to LICENSEE.
3.4 Sales, Use and Returns. Licensed Products shall be
considered as sold, leased or used and royalties shall accrue on
the earlier of when such Licensed Products are billed out, or
when delivered, shipped or mailed to the customer. If as a result
of a price reduction or a return of Licensed Products previously
sold, a credit or refund to a customer is given on part or all of
the sale price of such Licensed Products, a credit shall be
allowed against royalties accruing thereafter under this
Agreement equal to the royalty paid on that part of the sales
price so credited or refunded.
3.5 Recordkeeping. LICENSEE shall keep and shall
cause each sublicensee to keep for six (6) years after the date of
submission of each statement supported thereby, true and
accurate records, files and books of accounts that relate to
Licensed Products, all data reasonably required for the full
computation and verification of the Net Selling Price of
Licensed Products, deductions therefrom and royalties to be
paid, as well as the other information to be given in the
statements herein provided for, and shall permit LICENSOR or
its duly authorized representatives, upon reasonable notice,
adequately to inspect the same at any time during usual business
hours. LICENSOR and LICENSEE agree that an independent
certified public accounting firm (selected by LICENSOR from
the largest ten certified public accounting firms in the United
States of America, or any country in the Licensed Territory)
may audit such records, files and books of accounts to determine
the accuracy of the statements given by LICENSEE pursuant to
Section 3.1 hereof. Such an audit shall be made upon
reasonable advance notice to LICENSEE and during usual
business hours no more frequently than annually. The cost of
the audit shall be borne by LICENSOR, unless the audit shall
disclose a breach by LICENSEE of any term of this Agreement,
or an underpayment error in excess of two percent of the total
monies paid to LICENSOR by LICENSEE during the audited
period, in which case LICENSEE shall bear the full cost of such
audit. LICENSEE agrees to pay LICENSOR all additional
monies that are disclosed by the audit to be due and owing to
LICENSOR within thirty days of the receipt of the report.
3.6 Customer Referrals. Although LICENSOR is under
no obligation to do so, LICENSOR may from time to time refer
customers to LICENSEE. In the event that such customer
purchases, leases or rents products or services from LICENSEE
other than a Licensed Product upon which a royalty is paid by
LICENSEE to LICENSOR, LICENSEE shall include the details
of such transaction in its next monthly report under Section 3.5
hereof, and shall pay LICENSOR a sales commission equal to
fifteen percent (15%) of the amount received from such
customer for which a royalty under Section 3.1 hereof is not
paid. No such payment shall be due from LICENSEE to
LICENSOR if the referred customer was already a customer of
LICENSEE prior to the date of referral by LICENSOR and
LICENSEE informs LICENSOR of such fact at the time that the
referral by LICENSOR is made.
4 OBLIGATIONS OF LICENSEE.
4.1 Compliance. LICENSEE agrees that, without
limitation, any manufacture, sale, lease, use or other disposition
of Licensed Products that is not in strict accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed a material breach
of this Agreement.
4.2 End Users. LICENSEE agrees to require all direct
recipients of Licensed Products to whom Licensed Products are
sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of by LICENSEE or its
sublicensees, to look only to LICENSEE and not to LICENSOR
or its affiliates for any claims, warranties, or liability relating to
such Licensed Products. LICENSEE agrees to take all steps to
reasonably assure itself that Licensed Products sold, leased or
otherwise disposed of by or for LICENSEE is being used for
permitted purposes only.
4.3 Laws and Regulations. LICENSEE agrees that it
shall be solely responsible for complying with all laws and
regulations affecting the manufacture, use and sale or other
disposition of Licensed Products by LICENSEE and its
sublicensees, and for obtaining all approvals necessary from
governmental agencies and other entities. LICENSEE agrees to
maintain a file of all such approvals and to send LICENSOR a
copy of all such approvals (including English translations
thereof in the case of approvals required by any foreign country)
within 10 business days of any written request for such copies
by LICENSOR. LICENSEE represents and warrants to
LICENSOR that no approval from any governmental agency or
ministry, or from any third party, is required to effectuate the
terms of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby.
4.4 Purchase of Components from Others. By virtue of
the disclosure of Technical Information and information, if any,
provided from time to time by LICENSOR to LICENSEE and
to its other licensees, and each of their sublicensees and
affiliates, any component of a Light Valve, including, without
limitation, materials, suspensions, films, polymers, coatings,
particle precursors, and particles (each, a "Component"), which
LICENSEE or its sublicensees makes, has made for it, or
purchases from any third party for use in Licensed Products
shall be deemed to have been manufactured at least in part using
the Technical Information provided by LICENSOR if
LICENSEE or any supplier of a Component to LICENSEE has
had access to Technical Information of any kind of LICENSOR
or its licensees and their sublicensees, consultants,
subcontractors, agents or representatives. LICENSEE and its
sublicensees each hereby agrees that (i) all Components shall be
used only in strict accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement, and that such Components may not be used for any
other purpose or resold by LICENSEE or its sublicensees except
as specifically permitted by the license granted in Section 2.1
hereof, and (ii) LICENSEE and its sublicensees will only look
to the manufacturer or supplier of such Component or other item
used by LICENSEE or its sublicensees and not to LICENSOR
or its affiliates for any claims, warranties, or liability relating to
such Component or other item. LICENSEE acknowledges that
LICENSOR has not made any representations or warranties
regarding the availability of any Component, or the price
thereof, and that in all respects LICENSEE shall deal directly
with the suppliers of such Components and will obtain from
them information regarding availability, pricing, and/or other
terms relating to such Components.
4.5 No Warranties by LICENSOR. LICENSOR does
not represent or warrant the performance of any Licensed
Product or of any material, Component, or information provided
hereunder, and LICENSEE expressly acknowledges and agrees
that any such material, Component or information provided by
LICENSOR hereunder is provided "AS IS" and that
LICENSOR makes no warranty with respect thereto and
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT
THERETO, ITS USE OR ANY INABILITY TO USE IT, OR
THE RESULTS OF ITS USE. In no event shall LICENSOR be
liable for any damages, whether in contract or tort (including
negligence), including but not limited to direct, consequential,
special, exemplary, incidental and indirect damages, arising out
of or in connection with this Agreement or the use, the results of
use, or the inability to use any Licensed Product, material,
Component or information provided hereunder.
4.6 Analysis. LICENSEE represents and agrees that it
will only incorporate Components received from authorized
suppliers into Licensed Products and for no other purpose, and
that LICENSEE will not directly or indirectly attempt to
reverse-engineer any material provided to it hereunder by
LICENSEE or any supplier of any Component.
4.7 Personnel. LICENSEE agrees to assign personnel
from its technical staff who shall be responsible for the
development of Licensed Products during the term of this
Agreement.
4.8 Promotional Activities. LICENSEE agrees that it
shall maintain, either at its own facilities or that of any
laminating subcontractor selected by LICENSEE, adequate
inventories of SPD light control film purchased from any
authorized supplier of Light Valve film to meet on a timely
basis the anticipated requirements of LICENSEE for
incorporation into Licensed Products during the term of this
Agreement. In addition, LICENSEE shall promptly, and no later
than July 1, 2010, develop and maintain a web site relating to its
business which prominently features LICENSOR's SPD
technology and LICENSEE's relationship to LICENSOR, and
shall participate at industry trade shows and conferences and/or
engage in other marketing and promotional activities reasonably
necessary to promote LICENSOR's SPD technology and
LICENSEE's business relating thereto.
5 TRADEMARKS.
5.1 Trademarks. All trademarks or service marks that
either party may adopt and use for Licensed Products or other
products incorporating Light Valves are and shall remain the
exclusive property of the adopting party, and the other party
shall not obtain any rights and license to such marks under this
Agreement, but may inform others that the adopting party has
licensed or produced Licensed Products or products
incorporating Light Valves under such ▇▇▇▇ or marks, and may
use the adopting party's logo in connection therewith.
LICENSOR may require LICENSEE or its permitted
sublicensees to indicate on packaging that such product is
licensed from Research Frontiers Incorporated or to otherwise
include language and/or designations approved by LICENSOR
indicating an affiliation with Research Frontiers Incorporated or
to use trademarks specified by LICENSOR on LICENSEE's
Licensed Products.
6 INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION.
6.1 Insurance. LICENSEE shall maintain at all times
ample product liability and other liability insurance covering its
operations relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and
shall name LICENSOR as an additional insured. Upon request,
LICENSEE shall provide LICENSOR of evidence of such
insurance.
6.2 Indemnification. LICENSEE, and its affiliates,
successors and assigns and sublicensees (each, an
"Indemnifying Party"), each hereby indemnify and agree to hold
harmless LICENSOR and its shareholders, officers, directors,
agents and employees (each, an "Indemnified Party"), against
any liability, damage, loss, fine, penalty, claim, cost or expense
(including reasonable costs of investigation and settlement and
attorneys', accountants' and other experts' fees and expenses)
arising out of any action or inaction by any Indemnifying Party
relating to this Agreement including an Indemnifying Party's
manufacture, sale, use, lease or other disposition of Licensed
Products, and related materials, or other use of the information
and rights granted hereunder. Any knowledge of LICENSEE's
or its sublicensee's activities by LICENSOR or its
representatives shall in no way impose any liability on
LICENSOR or reduce the responsibilities of LICENSEE
hereunder or relieve it from any of its obligations and warranties
under this Agreement.
7 FUTURE PATENTS.
7.1 Future Patents. Each party, at its cost, shall have the
right to file patent applications in the United States and in
foreign countries covering any invention made by such party.
7.2 Improvements and Modifications. (a) Any future
improvements or modifications invented or developed by or on
behalf of LICENSEE, LICENSEE's sublicensees and
LICENSOR after the Effective Date of this Agreement, if any,
which relate in any way to or are useful in the design, operation,
manufacture and assembly of Licensed Products, and/or to the
suspensions or other components used or usable in Licensed
Products shall not be included in this Agreement. Upon written
request by the non-inventing party, LICENSOR and LICENSEE
shall negotiate with each other regarding the grant of
nonexclusive rights and licenses to use such improvements and
modifications, but neither party shall be obligated to grant such
rights and licenses to one another. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, LICENSOR shall have the
right to use, license and sublicense any improvement,
modification or invention which is jointly developed by
LICENSEE or its officers, directors, employees, affiliates,
contractors, or consultants, on the one hand, and LICENSOR or
its officers, directors, employees, affiliates, contractors or
consultants, on the other hand.
(b) During the term of this Agreement LICENSEE
agrees to inform LICENSOR in writing (without any obligation
to reveal details which would be confidential information), at
least as frequently as once a year in January of each calendar
year, if any technology or improvements or modifications
thereto has been developed by or for LICENSEE which would
be useful for use in conjunction with Light Valves or Licensed
Products, and as to the general nature of any such technology or
improvements and modifications.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, LICENSOR may, but
shall not be required to, voluntarily and without additional cost
to LICENSEE disclose certain information relating to future
improvements and modifications and license to LICENSEE
rights in such certain future improvements and modifications,
and any information so disclosed will be considered Technical
Information which LICENSEE shall be obligated to keep
confidential pursuant to Section 12.1 of this Agreement. In
connection therewith, LICENSOR, may voluntarily add patents
and/or patent applications to Schedule A hereof. No disclosure
of any information by LICENSOR shall in any way establish a
course of dealing or otherwise require LICENSOR to make any
future disclosure of information under this Agreement.
7.3 Foreign Patent Applications. During the term of this
Agreement, LICENSEE shall have the right to designate that
any patent application now or hereafter listed on or incorporated
into Schedule A shall be filed or maintained in any foreign
country included in the Licensed Territory. If so designated and
if legally possible to do so, LICENSOR agrees to promptly file,
prosecute and maintain such applications and resulting patents,
and LICENSEE shall pay to LICENSOR the complete cost,
including reasonable attorney's fees, to file, prosecute and
maintain during the term of this Agreement any such patent
application and resulting patents specifically so designated by
LICENSEE.
8 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.
8.1. Materials. Upon request by LICENSEE, and to the
extent LICENSOR deems appropriate, during the term of this
Agreement and when mutually convenient to LICENSOR and
LICENSEE, LICENSOR shall supply LICENSEE with small
quantities of materials related to Licensed Products for
experimental use only by LICENSEE, and shall charge
LICENSEE US$1,500 per man/day plus the cost of any other
materials used in making such materials, plus the cost of
shipping such materials to LICENSEE. Upon request by
LICENSEE, during the term of this Agreement and when
mutually convenient to LICENSOR and LICENSEE,
LICENSOR may make its personnel available to consult with
LICENSEE and its contractors, with compensation to
LICENSOR for such consultation to be mutually agreed to by
LICENSOR and LICENSEE, and if no such agreement has been
reached, at the rate specified in this first sentence of this Section
8.1. Each invoice submitted by LICENSOR for such service
shall include detailed explanations of the charges, and, if
requested by LICENSEE, copies of receipts. The parties
acknowledge that LICENSOR has no obligation to transfer to
LICENSEE any Technical Information other than as may be
physically embodied in such sample materials, and that, other
than sample materials, if any, that may be supplied by
LICENSOR as aforesaid, LICENSEE will be acquiring
materials from authorized suppliers other than LICENSOR.
8.2 Inquiries. LICENSEE and LICENSOR may also at
any time during the term of this Agreement make reasonable
inquiry by telephone, facsimile or mail to one another in regard
to any information or data furnished pursuant to this Agreement.
8.3 Visits. During all visits by either party to the
facilities of the other party, visitors shall comply with all
reasonable rules of the host company, and each party to this
Agreement will indemnify and hold the other party harmless
from any liability, claim or loss whatsoever (i) for any injury to,
or, death of, any of its employees or agents while such persons
are present at the facility of the other party; and (ii) for any
damages to its own property or to the property of any such
employee or agent which may occur during the presence of any
such person at the facility of the other party, regardless of how
such damage occurs.
8.4 Sole Purpose. Any documentation or information
supplied pursuant to this Agreement by either party to the other
shall be used solely for the purposes set forth in this Agreement.
9 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION RESPONSIBILITIES.
9.1 Proprietary Rights: Notices. Each party shall
provide appropriate notices of patents, or other similar notice of
the patent rights of the other party on all products utilizing the
patented inventions of the other party. Either party may add its
own patent notice to any copy or embodiment which contains its
patented inventions.
9.2 LICENSOR Exclusive Owner. LICENSEE hereby
acknowledges LICENSOR as purporting to be the sole and
exclusive owner of the patents and patent applications listed on
Schedule A, and that, except for the rights granted hereunder,
LICENSEE shall not have any rights or attempt to assert any
ownership rights in and to those patents and patent applications.
10 TERM AND TERMINATION.
10.1 Term. The term of this Agreement shall extend
from the Effective Date of this Agreement to the date of
termination of this Agreement. Unless sooner terminated or
extended, as herein provided for below, this Agreement shall
terminate upon the expiration of the later of (A) the last to
expire of the patents now or hereafter listed in Schedule A
hereof, and (B) the expiration of the period in which LICENSEE
is obligated to maintain confidential Technical Information of
LICENSOR pursuant to Section 12.1 hereof.
10.2 Termination by LICENSEE. LICENSEE may
terminate this Agreement effective as of December 31, 2014 or
as of any anniversary thereof by giving LICENSOR prior notice
thereof unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided. Such
notice shall be made in writing and shall be given between 60
and 90 days prior to the effective date for which such
termination is to be effective. Notwithstanding anything else
contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no notice of
termination by LICENSEE shall be effective on the date given
unless such notice shall also be accompanied by a payment of
all amounts due and owing by LICENSEE to LICENSOR under
this Agreement or otherwise at the time such notice is given,
and all additional unpaid amounts due as of the effective date of
termination shall be paid as of the effective date of such
termination. No acceptance of payment by LICENSOR shall be
deemed to be an acknowledgment by LICENSOR that the
provisions of this Section 10.2 have been complied with, or
prejudice any rights that LICENSOR may otherwise have under
this Agreement. If LICENSEE decides to terminate this
Agreement for any reason, LICENSEE shall provide
LICENSOR, along with the aforementioned notice of
termination, with a written report describing the reasons for
such termination.
10.3 Termination by LICENSOR. LICENSOR may
terminate this Agreement at any time effective as of December
31, 2014 or as of any anniversary thereof upon at least between
60 and 90 days' notice to LICENSEE for any reason, provided,
however, that LICENSOR shall give LICENSEE at least one
years' notice of any early termination under this Section 10.3 if
LICENSEE is producing and selling Licensed Products
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, LICENSOR may
terminate this Agreement at any time upon at least 30 days'
notice to LICENSEE if LICENSEE shall have failed to make
any payment when due or at any time breach any material term
of this Agreement and such payment is not made or such breach
is not cured within any applicable cure period specified in
Article 11 of this Agreement, or has repeatedly provided
inaccurate reports hereunder, or if there has been a cessation by
LICENSEE of general operations or of work related to Licensed
Products.
10.4 Effect of Termination. If this Agreement expires
or is terminated for any reason whatsoever, in addition to any
other remedies which one party may have against the other: (1)
all of LICENSEE's rights and licenses under this Agreement
shall cease, and LICENSEE shall immediately return to
LICENSOR all Technical Information furnished to LICENSEE
under this Agreement, together with all reproductions, copies
and summaries thereof; provided, however, that LICENSEE
may retain solely for archival purposes one copy of all such
documents in its legal department files, (2) at LICENSOR's
option, LICENSEE shall, within 30 days of the date of such
termination or expiration, either (A) sell and deliver to
LICENSOR at LICENSEE's direct cost of manufacture any
Licensed Products which shall then be in the possession of
LICENSEE, and, if requested by LICENSOR, LICENSEE shall
finish and deliver to LICENSOR any Licensed Products in the
process of manufacture as soon as possible and, in any case, not
later than 30 days after receiving LICENSOR's request, and/or
(B) with respect to any unsold inventory and work in the
process of manufacture, to complete such work in process and
sell any remaining inventory during the period not to exceed six
months from the date of termination or expiration of this
Agreement provided that at the completion of such six-month
period, LICENSEE shall promptly destroy and dispose of any
Licensed Products (and Licensed Products in the process of
manufacture) not sold under this Section 10.4 and (3) if this
Agreement is terminated for any reason or expires, upon such
termination or expiration, LICENSEE hereby grants to
LICENSOR a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable,
worldwide license with the right to grant sublicenses to others to
utilize all technical information, improvements and/or
modifications (whether or not the subject of patents or pending
patent applications) developed or invented by or on behalf of
LICENSEE and/or its sublicensees, subcontractors, or agents
hereunder through the date of such termination or expiration of
this Agreement relating to Light Valves, or Licensed Products,
and upon such termination or expiration, LICENSEE shall
provide LICENSOR in reasonable detail complete information
regarding such technical information, improvements and/or
modifications. The foregoing license shall be self-effectuating,
but LICENSEE agrees upon written notice by LICENSOR at
any time hereafter to deliver to LICENSOR within 30 days of
such notice any document or other instrument reasonably
requested by LICENSOR to convey such license rights to
LICENSOR such as, by way of example, confirmations or
instruments of conveyance or assignment. No termination of
this Agreement by expiration or otherwise shall release
LICENSEE or LICENSOR from any of its continuing
obligations hereunder, if any, or limit, in any way any other
remedy one party may have against the other party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, LICENSEE's obligations to
LICENSOR under Sections 3.1, 3.5, 3.6, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6,
6.1, 6.2, 7.2, 8.3, 8.4, 10.4, 12.1, and Articles 13 and 14 shall
survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.
11 EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES.
11.1 Events of Default. Each of the following events
shall constitute an "Event of Default" under this Agreement:
11.1.1 (a) A party's failure to make any payment due in
a timely manner or a party's material breach or material failure
to punctually perform any of its duties and obligations under
this Agreement, which material breach or failure, if curable,
remains uncured for thirty (30) days after written notice of such
breach or failure is received by the breaching party; or (b) a
material misrepresentation is made by a party in any
representation or warranty contained in this Agreement and the
misrepresented facts or circumstances, if curable, remain
uncured thirty (30) days after written notice of such
misrepresentation is received by the breaching party; and, in
either case, if such breach or misrepresentation is not curable,
termination shall occur thirty (30) days after such
misrepresentation or breach at the option of the non-breaching
party; or
11.1.2 The failure by a party upon request to provide
the other party with adequate assurances of its performance of
all obligations under this Agreement upon: (a) such first party's
filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy; (b) the filing of any
involuntary petition to have such first party declared bankrupt
which has not been dismissed within ninety (90) days of its
filing; (c) the appointment of a receiver or trustee for such first
party which has not been rescinded within ninety (90) days of
the date of such appointment; or (d) such first party otherwise
becoming insolvent or otherwise making an assignment for the
benefit of creditors.
11.2 Default by a Party. If there occurs an Event of
Default with respect to a party, the other party may:
(a) seek damages; and/or
(b) seek an injunction or an order for mandatory or
specific performance; and/or
(c) terminate this Agreement and the licenses
granted to LICENSEE hereunder whereupon the non-defaulting
party shall have no further obligations under this Agreement
except those which expressly survive termination, and except
with respect to royalty payments due and owing to LICENSOR
as of the termination date or any subsequent period specified in
Section 10.4.
12 CONFIDENTIALITY.
12.1 Confidential Information. (a) LICENSEE agrees
for itself, its sublicensees, and their employees and agents that
for twenty (20) years from the later of the Effective Date of this
Agreement or the latest date of its receipt of information
disclosed to LICENSEE by LICENSOR pursuant to this
Agreement, such information shall be held in confidence;
provided, however, there shall be no obligation to treat as
confidential information which is or becomes available to the
public other than through a breach of this obligation, or which
was already possessed by LICENSEE in writing (or otherwise
provable to be in the possession of LICENSEE) prior to the
Effective Date of this Agreement (and was not received from
LICENSOR) or which is shown by LICENSEE to have been
received by it from a third party who had the legal right to so
disclose it without restrictions and without breach of any
agreement with LICENSOR or its licensees. LICENSOR shall
affix an appropriate legend on all written documentation given
to LICENSEE which contains confidential information, but the
failure to so affix such legend shall not affect the confidential
nature of such information. LICENSEE acknowledges that the
list of patent applications contained on Schedule A is
confidential information of LICENSOR. If confidential
information is otherwise conveyed orally by LICENSOR,
LICENSOR shall specify to LICENSEE at the time such
information is being conveyed (or in a subsequent letter
referring to the conversation) that the information conveyed is
confidential. It is understood and agreed that, unless otherwise
provided in a separate agreement between LICENSEE and
LICENSOR, LICENSEE has no obligation hereunder to provide
LICENSOR with any confidential or proprietary information,
and that LICENSOR shall have no obligation hereunder to
LICENSEE to maintain in confidence or refrain from
commercial or other use of any information which LICENSOR
is or becomes aware of under this Agreement. The terms and
provisions of this Agreement or any other agreement between
the parties shall not be considered confidential except that
LICENSEE may not disclose the minimum annual royalty
payments specified in Article 3 hereof without LICENSOR's
prior written consent, and the parties hereto acknowledge that,
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the regulations promulgated thereunder, LICENSOR may
file copies of this Agreement with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and with NASDAQ and with any other stock
exchange on which LICENSOR's securities may be listed.
LICENSEE agrees that for the period of time during which
LICENSEE is obligated to keep information confidential
hereunder, LICENSEE will not make, use, sell, lease or
otherwise dispose of products using or directly or indirectly
derived from Licensed Products, Light Valves, or Components,
or which otherwise comprise suspended particles, which when
subjected to a suitable electric or magnetic field, orient to
produce a change in the optical characteristics of the suspension
("SPD Technology") unless an agreement between LICENSOR
and LICENSEE permitting it to do so is in full force and effect
and the royalties, if any, provided in such agreement are being
paid to LICENSOR on such products. The foregoing restriction
shall not apply to products (i) which do not directly or indirectly
incorporate SPD Technology, such as, but not limited to, liquid
crystal devices, or electrochromic devices, or (ii) which
incorporate technology involving suspended particles, which
when subjected to a suitable electric or magnetic field, orient to
produce a change in the optical characteristics of the suspension
but which is independently developed and which is not in any
way directly or indirectly derived from any Technical
Information of LICENSOR or its licensees, sublicensees, or any
of their affiliates. LICENSEE shall have the burden of proving
by clear and convincing evidence that the availability of any
exception of confidentiality exists or that the foregoing
restrictions do not apply to a particular product. Nothing
contained in this section, however, shall be construed as
granting LICENSEE any rights or licenses with respect to any
Technical Information or patents of LICENSOR or its other
licensees or their sublicensees.
(b) LICENSEE will have the right to provide materials
to, and to disclose information to, a subcontractor relating to this
Agreement; provided, however, that LICENSEE shall only
disclose such information as is strictly necessary to enable said
subcontractor to perform its manufacturing task, and provided
that prior to disclosing any information to said subcontractor,
said subcontractor has signed a secrecy agreement with
LICENSEE at least as protective of LICENSOR's Technical
Information as the provisions of this Agreement, including,
without limitation, said subcontractor's specific agreement to be
bound by the provisions of Section 12.1 hereof to the same
extent as LICENSEE. For such purposes, LICENSEE may
develop a standard form of secrecy agreement for LICENSOR's
approval, after which LICENSEE may use such secrecy
agreement with all subcontractors without LICENSOR's prior
approval of the secrecy agreement being necessary. LICENSEE
shall have all subcontractors sign said secrecy agreement prior
to the disclosure of Technical Information to said
subcontractor, and LICENSEE shall send LICENSOR a copy of
every such secrecy agreement within thirty (30) days after the
execution thereof.
13 WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS.
13.1 Reciprocal Representations. Each party represents
and warrants to the other that:
13.1.1 Valid Agreement. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement by the officer or representative so doing, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by
LICENSOR and LICENSEE and this Agreement is a valid and
binding obligation enforceable against the parties in accordance
with its terms, except to the extent limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium and other laws of general application
relating to general equitable principles;
13.1.2 No Conflicts. Nothing herein conflicts with its
rights and obligations pursuant to any agreement by a party and
any other entity; and
13.1.3 Publicity. The parties shall have the right to use
non-confidential information, including but not limited to
information concerning this Agreement, a description of the
other party, and its logos for marketing, sales, technical
assistance, investor relations, disclosure and public relations
purposes, and that information permitted to be disclosed by a
party under this Section 13.1.3 may appear on such party's (or
its subsidiaries' or sublicensees') Internet web site, along with
links to the Internet web sites, and specific pages therefrom, of
the other party and its subsidiaries and sublicensees.
13.2 LICENSOR Representations. LICENSOR
represents and warrants, for the benefit of LICENSEE, that:
13.2.1 Title. As of the date hereof, LICENSOR
represents and warrants that it has the right to convey the rights
and licenses granted by this Agreement, and otherwise to
perform its obligations under this Agreement. LICENSOR has
caused its employees who are employed to do research,
development, or other inventive work to disclose to it any
invention or information within the scope of this Agreement and
to assign to it rights in such inventions and information in order
that LICENSEE shall receive, by virtue of this Agreement, the
licenses granted to it under Section 2.1 hereof.
13.2.2 Infringement. As of the date hereof, LICENSOR
is not aware of any claim for patent infringement or the
misappropriation of trade secrets, being asserted against it by
any third party; or of any infringement of the patents listed on
Schedule A hereto by any entity.
13.2.3 Patents in Force. To the best of LICENSOR's
knowledge, all of the patents listed on Schedule A hereto are
currently in force.
13.3 No Warranty. LICENSOR and LICENSEE make
no guaranty or warranty to one another under this Agreement (a)
that LICENSEE will be able to develop, manufacture, sell or
otherwise commercialize Licensed Products, or (b) as to the
validity of any patent.
14 MISCELLANEOUS.
14.1 Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be
interpreted, construed, governed and enforced in accordance
with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, and
LICENSOR and LICENSEE hereby submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state or federal courts located in the County
of Nassau and State of New York for such purposes.
14.2 Confidentiality In Court Proceeding. In order to
protect and preserve the confidential information of a party
which the parties recognize may be exchanged pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, the disclosing party may request,
and the receiving party shall not oppose, the court in any action
relating to this Agreement to enter a protective order to protect
information which is confidential information under Section
12.1 and to seal the record in the action or to hold the
proceedings, or portion of the proceedings, in camera; provided,
that the requested terms do not prejudice the receiving party's
interests. Nothing, however, shall preclude either party from
thereafter moving to unseal its own records or to have matter
and information designated as confidential under any relevant
protective order designated otherwise in accordance with the
circumstances as they shall appear at that time.
14.3 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is
declared or found to be illegal, unenforceable or void, the
parties shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon a substitute
provision that is legal and enforceable and is as nearly as
possible consistent with the intentions underlying the original
provision. If the remainder of this Agreement is not materially
affected by such declaration or finding and is capable of
substantial performance, then the remainder shall be enforced to
the extent permitted by law.
14.4 Waiver. Unless agreed to by the parties in writing
to the contrary, the failure of either party to insist in any one or
more instances upon the strict performance of any one or more
of the provisions of this Agreement, or to exercise any right
contained in this Agreement or provided by law, shall not
constitute or be construed as a waiver or relinquishment of the
performance of such provision or right or the right subsequently
to demand such strict performance or exercise of such right, and
the rights and obligations of the parties shall continue
unchanged and remain in full force and effect.
14.5 Captions. The captions and headings in this
Agreement are inserted for convenience and reference only and
in no way define or limit the scope or content of this Agreement
and shall not affect the interpretation of its provisions.
14.6 Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding on
and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors
and assigns. However, LICENSEE agrees that it shall not
assign this Agreement or its rights hereunder without the prior
written consent of LICENSOR except to a successor to
substantially all of its business relating to Light Valves and
whose obligations hereunder are guaranteed to LICENSOR by
LICENSEE. LICENSOR may assign all of its rights and
obligations hereunder to any successor to any of its business
interests or to any company controlling or controlled by
LICENSOR. All assignees shall expressly assume in writing the
performance of all the terms and conditions of this Agreement
to be performed by the assigning party, and an originally signed
instrument of such assumption and assignment shall be
delivered to the non-assigning party within 30 days of the
execution of such instrument.
14.7 Schedules. All Schedules attached to this
Agreement shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement as if
set forth fully in this Agreement.
14.8 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the
entire understanding and agreement between LICENSOR and
LICENSEE with respect to the subject matter hereof, supersedes
all prior agreements, proposals, understandings, letters of intent,
negotiations and discussions with respect to the subject matter
hereof and can be modified, amended, supplemented or changed
only by an agreement in writing which makes specific reference
to this Agreement and which is executed in writing by the
parties; provided, however, that either party may unilaterally
waive in writing any provision imposing an obligation on the
other.
14.9 Notices. Any notice required or permitted to be
given or made in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given on the earliest of (i) actual receipt, irrespective of
method of delivery, (ii) on the delivery day following dispatch if
sent by express mail (or similar next day courier service), or (iii)
on the sixth day after mailing by registered or certified air mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid and addressed as
follows:
LICENSOR: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, President and CEO
Research Frontiers Incorporated
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
Facsimile: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
LICENSEE: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Senior Vice President Marketing and Business Development
Vision Systems
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇ ▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: ▇▇▇-▇-▇▇-▇▇-▇▇-▇▇
Telephone: ▇▇▇-▇-▇▇-▇▇-▇▇-▇▇
or to such substitute addresses and persons as a party may
designate to the other from time to time by written notice in
accordance with this provision.
14.10 Bankruptcy Code. In the event that either party
should file a petition under the federal bankruptcy laws, or that
an involuntary petition shall be filed against such party, the
parties intend that the non-filing party shall be protected in the
continued enjoyment of its rights hereunder to the maximum
feasible extent including, without limitation, if it so elects, the
protection conferred upon licensees under section 365(n) of
Title 17 of the U.S. Code. Each party agrees that it will give the
other party immediate notice of the filing of any voluntary or
involuntary petition under the federal bankruptcy laws.
14.11 Construction. This Agreement and the exhibits
hereto have been drafted jointly by the parties and in the event
of any ambiguities in the language hereof, there shall no be
inference drawn in favor or against either party.
14.12 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
14.13 Status of the Parties. The status of the parties
under this Agreement shall be solely that of independent
contractors. No party shall have the right to enter into any
agreements on behalf of the other party nor shall it represent to
any person that it has such right or authority.
The parties, through their duly authorized
representatives, and intending to be legally bound, have
executed this Agreement, as of the date and year first above
written, whereupon it became effective in accordance with its
terms.
RESEARCH FRONTIERS INCORPORATED
By:/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, President
and Chief Executive Officer
Date: January 22, 2010
VISION SYSTEMS
By:/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Senior Vice President
Marketing and Business Development
Date: January 22, 2010
Schedule A
(As of January 22, 2010)
LIST OF UNITED STATES, INTERNATIONAL AND
FOREIGN PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS
Date Expiration
Patents in the United States Issued Date
5,093,041 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Check, III et al
"Light-Polarizing Material Based on
Ethylene-diamine Polyacetic Acid
Derivatives" 3/03/92 7/30/10
5,279,773 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
"Light Valve Incorporating A
Suspension Stabilized With A Block Polymer"
1/18/94 3/23/12
5,325,220 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
"Light Valve With Low Emissivity
Coating As Electrode"
6/28/94 3/9/13
5,463,491 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Check III
"Light Valve Employing a Film
Comprising An Encapsulated Liquid Suspension And
Method of Making Such Film"
10/31/95 11/6/12
5,463,492 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Check III
"Light Modulating Film of Improved
Clarity For A Light Valve"
10/31/95 11/6/12
5,461,506 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Check III et al
"Light Valve Suspensions Containing A
Trimellitate Or Trimesate And Light
Valves Containing The Same"
10/24/95 5/11/13
5,467,217 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Check III et al
"Light Valve Suspensions and Films
Containing UV Absorbers and Light
Valves Containing The Same"
11/14/95 5/11/13
5,516,463 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Check III et al
"Method of Making Light
Polarizing Particles"
05/14/96 07/08/14
5,650,872 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ et al
"Light Valve Containing
Ultrafine Particles"
07/22/97 12/08/14
5,728,251 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Check, III
"Light Modulating Film of Improved
UV Stability For a Light Valve"
03/17/98 09/27/15
5,764,402 ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇; ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇
"Optical Cell Control System"
06/09/98 04/24/15
5,838,482 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
"Optical Cell" 11/17/98 05/16/15
5,691,849 ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇; ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇; ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
"Rear-View Assembly for a Vehicle
and an Adaptor Therefor"
11/25/97 11/25/14
6,114,405 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al
"Ultraviolet Radiation-Curable
Light-Modulating Film for a Light
Valve, and Method of Making Same"
09/05/00 10/09/17
6,156,239 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ et al
"Light Polarizing Material, Liquid
Suspensions and Films Thereof, and
Light Valve Incorporating Same"
12/05/00 02/26/19
6,271,956B1 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ et al
"Method and Materials for Enhancing
the Adhesion of SPD Films and Light Valves
Comprising Same"
08/07/01 03/02/20
6,301,040 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al
"SPD Films Having Improved Properties
and Light Valves Comprising Same"
10/09/01 05/24/20
6,334,967 B1 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ et al
"Light Polarizing Particles of
Improved Particle Size Distribution"
01/01/02 12/21/20
(See also listing for PCT/US99/15508)
6,416,827 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al
"SPD Films and Light Valves Comprising
Same" 07/09/02 [10/27/20]
6,429,961B1 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al
"Methods for Retrofitting Windows
With Switchable and Non-Switchable Window
Enhancements and Retrofitted Windows Produced
Thereby" 08/06/02 10/03/20
6,517,746 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ et al.
"Polyhalide Particles and Light Valves Comprising
Same" 02/11/03 01/05/21
6,522,446 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
"Anisometrically Shaped Metal Particles,Liquid
Suspensions and Films Thereof And Light Valves
Comprising Same"
02/18/03 04/25/21
6,529,312B1 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
"Anisometrically Shaped Carbon and/or
Graphite Particles, Liquid Suspensions and Films
Thereof And Light Valves Comprising
Same" 03/04/03 06/07/19
[See also U.S. Patent No. 6,987,602 filed
December 27, 2002, a continuation-in-part
of this patent]
6,606,185B2 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
"SPD Films and Light Valves Comprising Liquid
Suspensions of Heat-Reflective
Particles of Mixed Metal Oxides and Methods of
Making Such Particles"
08/12/03 12/08/14
6,804,040 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, et al
"Method and Device for Controlling Voltage
Provided to a Suspended Particle Device"
10/12/04 02/13/23
6,897,997 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
"Method and Device for Controlling Voltage
Provided to a Suspended Particle
Device" 05/24/05 02/13/23
(continuation-in-part of 6,804,040)
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al
6,900,923 "Siloxane Matrix Polymers and SPD
Light Valve Films Incorporating Same"
05/31/05 06/18/23
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇, et al
6,936,193 "SPD Light Valve Film Incorporating
New Suspending Media,and Light Valve
Incorporating Same"
08/30/05 04/14/23
6,987,602 B2 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇, et al
"Anisometrically Shaped Carbon and/or
Graphite Particles, Liquid Suspensions and Films
Thereof And Light Valves Comprising Same"
01/17/06 06/07/19
(continuation-in-part of patent 6,529,312B1)
7,361,252 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Slovak, et al
"Methods for Laminating Films for SPD Light
Valves and SPD Light Valves Incorporating Such
Laminated Films" (claims priority from
60/562,329)
04/22/08 10/26/25
7,417,785 ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
"Methods and Circuits for Distributing Power
to SPD Loads" 08/26/08 01/18/25
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