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Subject: fate of Cadtrak
Category: Computers
Asked by: fogger-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 19 Jun 2004 18:06 PDT
Expires: 19 Jul 2004 18:06 PDT
Question ID: 363486
What became of Cadtrak, the company run by Paul Emmerich that owned
and lived off the patent for moving cursors around on the screen?

Clarification of Question by fogger-ga on 19 Jun 2004 18:07 PDT
Cadtrak was located in San Mateo.
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Subject: Re: fate of Cadtrak
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 19 Jun 2004 20:51 PDT
 
According to the California Business Portal the status of Cadtrak
Corporation is suspended.


CADTRAK CORPORATION  
Number: C0988167  
Date Filed: 7/2/1980 

Status: Suspended  

Jurisdiction: California 

Mailing Address  
P O BOX 8207 
FOSTER CITY, CA 94404-8207  

Agent for Service of Process 
EUGENE W. EMMERICH  
1012 WINDJAMMER CIR.  
FOSTER CITY, CA 94404  

http://kepler.ss.ca.gov/corpdata/ShowAllList?QueryCorpNumber=C0988167


STATUS DEFINITIONS

Suspended:   

?The California Corporation has lost all rights and powers for failure
to meet statutory filing requirements of either the Secretary of
State's office or the Franchise Tax Board. Information regarding the
type of suspension can be obtained by requesting a status printout.
Fees and instructions for requesting a status printout are included on
the Corporate Records Order Form.?
http://www.ss.ca.gov/business/corp/corp_help.htm#statinfo

Download the Corporate Records Order Form here: 
http://www.ss.ca.gov/business/corp/pdf/ircform.pdf


A posting at the Association Electronique Libre regarding Cadtrak:

Excerpt:

?Cadtrak has collected large sums of money from 1978 to 1998 and
successfully defended its patent on the concept of an "xor cursor", US
patent No. 4,197,590.?

Source : Association Electronique Libre
http://wiki.ael.be/index.php/EnglishSWPatentExamples


From the Book Rembrandts in the Attic: Unlocking the Hidden Value of Patents
by Kevin G. Rivette, David Kline:

On page 122 - chapter 5 :

?The little patent finally expired in 1997, but not before Emmerich
had signed licensing deals with an astonishing 400 companies.?

Read about it from page 120-122
Amazon: Search inside book feature
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0875848990/qid=1087701843/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-8828267-4371969?v=glance&s=books


Additional information that may interest you:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
Everex Systems, Inc.  v. CADTRAK CORPORATION,
Filed July 16, 1996
http://vls.law.vill.edu/Locator/9th/9416960.asc

Find Law
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&case=/data2/circs/9th/9416960.html

Read more about Everex and CadTrak here:
http://www.swiggartagin.com/articles/reconcile.html


Search criteria:
CadTrak
USPTO
Amazon
California BUsiness Portal


I hope you find this helpful! 


Best regards,
Bobbie7
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