Na so was - Avanto war beim Patentamt.......

und hat nun ein Patent bekommen. Und weitere 14 Patente sind beantragt. Obs den Kurs befügelt.....

AvantGo Awarded First Patent
US Patent & Trademark Office Grants AvantGo Patent Covering Core Synchronization Technology
HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2002--AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO - news), the leading provider of mobile enterprise software, today announced that the United States Patent & Trademark Office has granted the company its first patent.

Patent number 6,341,316 covers the system, method and computer program product for synchronizing content between a server and a client. The technology is core to AvantGo technology`s unique ability to support both the wireless and off-line synchronization of content and applications to mobile devices, including those based on the Pocket PC, Palm OS and RIM BlackBerry Wireless Handheld(TM) operating systems.

``AvantGo is dedicated to developing intellectual property into valuable assets for the benefit of AvantGo`s customers and shareholders. The issuance of this patent, together with the sustained interest by Fortune 1000 customers, confirms the uniqueness of our technology,`` said Richard Owen, CEO of AvantGo, Inc. ``Being first in the mobile marketplace has resulted in numerous patents pending and this is the first of those to be granted.`` The Company has 14 other patents pending.

The patent protects the systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for enabling web content (as well as other objects) to be loaded on mobile devices (as well as other types of devices). This enables users of mobile devices to operate with such web content on their mobile devices in an interactive manner while in an off-line mode

Gruß, Christine