Alcon Inc buys MMP
CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Patriot Scientific Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: PTSC - News) announced today that Alcon Inc. has purchased a Moore Microprocessor Patent(TM) (MMP) Portfolio license from The TPL Group. Alcon, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets surgical, pharmaceutical, and consumer vision care products.
The MMP Portfolio patents cover techniques that enable higher performance and lower cost designs, and are fundamental to consumer and commercial digital systems ranging from DVD players, cell phones and portable music players to communications infrastructure, medical equipment and automobiles, which today have dozens of microprocessor-based features and benefits.