Cloud Computing: Netlist Provides Update on US Patent & Trademark Office Communications
March 27, 2012
Netlist, Inc. (NASDAQ: NLST), a leading provider of high performance memory solutions for the cloud computing market, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") recently issued two favorable Office Actions in the reexaminations of US Pat. No. 7,532,537 (‘537) and US Pat. No. 7,636,274 (‘274). In the reexamination of the ‘537 patent, the USPTO allowed all 60 claims, while in the reexamination of the ‘274 patent, the USPTO allowed all 104 claims.
By allowing these claims over the cited art, the USPTO rejected each and every prior art challenge raised by Inphi Corporation in its initial reexamination requests filed in June 2010, and subsequently during the reexamination proceedings of the ‘537 patent and the ‘274 patent. Inphi has a right to appeal these decisions…
"The USPTO’s current allowance of these claims solidifies Netlist’s leadership position in high-performance logic-based memory solutions that utilize the innovations claimed in the ‘274 and ‘537 patents," said Dr. Hyun Lee, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer of Netlist. "This clearly points to the significant role that Netlist can play in developing cutting-edge next generation products using current and future DDR memory technologies."
Netlist’s HyperCloud HCDIMM is one example of Netlist’s currently available products that deliver superior performance and are based in part on the innovative concepts protected by the ‘537 and ‘274 patents. HCDIMM has been proven to substantially outperform Load Reduced DIMMs ("LRDIMM") when benchmarked on the latest generation Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 motherboard configured with 384GB system memory. HCDIMM’s innovative architecture results in superior memory performance compared to LRDIMM’s monolithic memory buffer implementation. Information on HyperCloud’s industry leading performance, including recent independent tests and OEM qualification can be found at www.netlist.com.