yet2.com Links Rockwell Collins and Agfa in Optical Filters Technology

    Business Editors/High-Tech Editors

    BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2005--European industrial giant Agfa-Gevaert NV (AGFB on Euronext Brussels) has signed a technology transfer agreement with Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL). The agreement allows Agfa to license optical filter technology developed by Rockwell Collins for insertion into products currently being developed by Agfa.
    Yet2.com Inc., intellectual property licensing consultants and operators of the yet2.com online technology marketplace, brought the two parties together.
    This is Agfa's fourth licensing deal arranged through yet2.com.
    Rockwell Scientific Company (RSC), an independent high-technology firm, co-owned by Rockwell Collins and Rockwell Automation, originally developed the filtering technology under a research contract from Rockwell Collins. Rockwell Scientific Licensing (RSL) is the licensing agent for these divisions.
    "Through working with yet2.com, RSL discovered an opportunity to license technology that filters specific wavelengths of light in a way that Agfa required," said Ben duPont, President of Yet2.com Inc. "We are helping hundreds of similar companies everywhere in the world acquire or license the world's top technologies."
    "We use yet2.com as a resource to help find licensees for our technology and that of our parent companies. This deal with Agfa is a win-win for everyone involved," said Joe Cote, president of Rockwell Scientific Licensing.
    "Agfa is happy to have located this technology through yet2.com so quickly," said Luc Vanmaele, Manager Technology Scouting, R&D Materials for Agfa. "Our researchers routinely post yet2.com TechNeeds as a parallel channel to find solutions faster and to shorten time-to-market."

    About Rockwell Scientific Company

    Rockwell Scientific Company LLC, based in Thousand Oaks, CA, is an independent, privately owned high-technology enterprise with unique technical strengths in imaging sensors, electronics, optics, materials, and information science. See: www.rockwellscientific.com.

    About Rockwell Collins

    Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) is a leader in the design, production and support of communications and aviation electronics solutions for government and commercial customers worldwide. See: www.rockwellcollins.com.

    About Agfa

    The Agfa-Gevaert Group develops, produces, and distributes an extensive range of analog and digital imaging systems, services, and products, mainly for the graphic industry and the healthcare sector. The company's headquarters and parent company are located in Mortsel, Belgium.

    About Yet2.com

    Yet2.com provides intellectual property consultancy and licensing services to world-class clients around the globe. Yet2.com Inc was founded in 1999 to promote technology licensing and transfer, with joint investment from Siemens, Bayer, Honeywell, Dupont, Procter & Gamble, Caterpillar, and NTT Leasing. The company has offices in the United States, Europe, and Japan. See: www.yet2.com.

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CONTACT: yet2.com Tim Bernstein, 617-557-3800 tbernstein@yet2.com or Rockwell Scientific Paula Ross, 805-373-4558 pross@rwsc.com or Rockwell Collins Nancy Welsh, 319-295-2123 nkwelsh@rockwellcollins.com or Agfa Johan Jacobs, +32 (0)3 444 80 15 Corporate Press Relations Manager fax: +32 (0)3 444 74 85 johan.jacobs@agfa.com

KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MANUFACTURING TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETING AGREEMENTS SOURCE: yet2.com

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