(openPR) - (Berlin, June 2007) The European Patent Office had already granted ThinPrint GmbH in twenty European countries a patent (EP 1 262 035 B1) on May 31, 2006, on a process of transferring data in networks, which is the technical basis of bandwidth management in networks. Core of the process is limitation of the bandwidth for one or more data streams so that other applications do not become influenced. The patent is a classic process patent and not one of the controversial software patents.

“We are pleased about this confirmation that ThinPrint is inventor and legitimate owner of the bandwidth management technology. Our technology is a milestone for distributed networks and has been used for years in thousands of companies,” states Carsten Mickeleit, Managing Director of ThinPrint GmbH. “This patent is an important part of our strategic patent portfolio, but at the same time, it is also recognition for our high investments in research and development.”

As a company oriented towards both partners and customers, ThinPrint offers fairly priced retroactive licensing for manufacturers who use or would like to use this technology. Customers and manufacturers who want to know whether the software they use or sell is affected by the patent can download the patent from the ThinPrint website at www.thinprint.com/patents or address inquiries to patent@thinprint.com.

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ThinPrint GmbH
ThinPrint specializes in mobile enterprise solutions and printing in distributed network architectures. The company’s success is based on its print management solution, ThinPrint .print, which is successfully employed in companies of all sizes in all sectors around the globe. More than 500 major distributors and resellers in over 80 countries sell products made by ThinPrint GmbH. Thanks to numerous partnerships, client components using patent-pending .print technology have been integrated into the terminals, printboxes, PDAs and mobile phones of several leading hardware producers. A special role is played here by strategic partnerships with BlackBerry (RIM), Bluetooth SIG, Citrix Systems, Inc., Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Lexmark International, Inc., Microsoft, Nokia, Orange, Palm, Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Symbian Ltd., VMware, Inc. and XPS Software GmbH.

Press contacts
Headquarters:
ThinPrint GmbH, Silke Kluckert, Public Relations Manager, Tel.: +49.30.39 49 31-66,
Fax: +49.30.394931-99, Email: press@thinprint.com, www.thinprint.com
In the UK: Rod de St Croix, 0208 847 5291, 07751 929160, e-mail: roddsc1@blueyonder.co.uk