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USPTO Grants Mercury Cable's Request for Reexamination of CTC's 7,179,522 Patent
DANA POINT, Calif. --(Business Wire)--
Mercury Cable and Energy ("Mercury Cable") is pleased to announce that
its Request for Ex Parte Reexamination of the Composite Technology
Corporation (OTCBB:CPTC.OB) U.S. Patent No.7,179,522 for ACCC
bare overhead transmission conductor pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §1.510 with
the United States Patent and Trademark Office has been granted.
On 12/22/2010 a compliant Request for Ex Parte Reexamination was
filed challenging the patentability of each of the 20 claims contained
in U.S. Patent No. 7,179,522 (hereinafter referred to as the '522
Patent) citing 4 new items of prior art which present new,
non-cumulative technological teaching that was not previously considered
or discussed on the record during the prosecution of the application
that resulted in the '522 patent and specifically was not discussed with
regard to the subject matter of each of claims 1-20.
The examiner stated that the prior art submitted "raises a substantial
new question of patentability with respect to claims 1-20." The teaching
in the prior art submitted by Mercury was not cited nor cumulative to
the teachings in the prior art discussed during the prosecution of the
application that led to the '522 patent. Therefore, "there is a
substantial likelihood that a reasonable examiner would consider these
teachings important in deciding whether claims 1-20 are patentable."
"The cited art clearly demonstrates that, it was well known that
multiple fiber types could be used in a composite core for an electrical
conductor," said Todd Harris, President of Mercury. The prior art
submitted to the USPTO is also being asserted against CTC's 162 and '319
patents in U.S. Federal Court as discussed in Mercury's December 23rd
press release.
Mercury Cable & Energy is a privately-held developer of High Voltage
Composite Reinforced Conductors (HVCRC), Smart
Conductors for the Smart Grid. The patented HVCRC Smart
Conductor is superior to existing conductors in a number of key
performance areas including:
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Up to double the current carrying capacity of ACSR
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Substantially reduces high-temperature sag
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Requires fewer structures for new line construction
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Increases capacity of existing rights-of-way and structures through
retrofitting
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Eliminates bi-metallic corrosion
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Significantly reduces line losses compared to same-diameter
conventional and composite conductors at equal operating temperatures
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