USPTO Publishes Pending Pardalis® Patent Application

Sharing of hierarchically authored objects in a complex supply chain

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 23, 2007 —Pardalis, Inc. announced today that a pending patent application has been published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) under US Patent Application #20070061360. The application is entitled the ‘Common point authoring system for the complex sharing of hierarchically authored data objects in a distribution chain’, and is the third patent filed by Pardalis with the USPTO since August, 2001.

The published patent application continues the claims issued for Pardalis' Common Point Authoring™ system in two earlier patents. Pardalis received issuance from the USPTO in 2003 of its parent patent, US Patent #6,671,696, entitled ‘Informational object authoring and distribution system’. Pardalis received issuance from the USPTO in 2006 of its second patent, US Patent #7,136,869, entitled ‘Common point authoring system for tracking and authenticating objects in a distribution chain’.

“The sharing of hierarchically constructed – and granularly owned – informational objects along complex supply chains is a natural next step for Pardalis’ growing foundation of intellectual property,” said Steve Holcombe, Pardalis’ CEO. “The published patent application both broadens and deepens our first two patents which have now been critically distinguished from patents held by Microsoft, IBM, SAP AG, and Xerox.”

“Small companies like Pardalis can have an advantage over large companies in thinking ‘outside the box’,” said Holcombe. “What has set us apart from other technology companies is the readiness to understand that people want to bank and use their information like they bank and use their money. We are also learning tremendously from the real world application of the Common Point Authoring™ system as a web service. And we are fortunate to have the outstanding legal services of patent attorney James Graziano of Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, D.C. This has all made for a now proven formula for success in innovating new methods for granular information ownership - a term we have coined - and then securing the patents for those methods.”

Filings relevant to Pardalis' USPTO issued patents are also being pursued under the Patent Cooperation Treaty in Australia (Notice of Acceptance issued), Brazil, Canada, China (Notice of Completion of Formalities for Patent Register issued), Europe, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Mexico, and New Zealand (patent issued).

“Pardalis’ Common Point Authoring™ system represents a paradigm shift in the application of object-oriented programming to provide previously unseen means for granular information ownership,” Holcombe said. “More detailed information is available in our recent white paper, Banking on Granular Information Ownership, retrievable from Pardalis’ homepage.”

About Pardalis, Inc.

Pardalis' mission is to promote the sharing of confidential, trustworthy and traceable data along complex and poorly coordinated supply chains with innovative Common Point Authoring™ methods for protecting the granular ownership rights of information producers. For more information, call 877-OWN-DATA or visit http://www.pardalis.com.

Pardalis® announces Australian Notice of Acceptance

Significant Xerox patent distinguished from granular information ownership

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, July 2, 2007 —Pardalis, Inc. announced today that a Notice of Acceptance has been issued by the Australian Government regarding Pardalis' U.S. Patent #6,671,696 issued in 2003 and entitled ‘Informational object authoring and distribution system’. The Notice of Acceptance signifies that the issuance of an equivalent Australian patent will soon be forthcoming. Significantly, a 1993 U.S. patent issued to Xerox Corporation (i.e., U.S. Patent #5,220,657) was specifically distinguished by the Australian patent examiners from Pardalis' 696 patent.

Pardalis' 696 patent is also known as the parent patent for the Common Point Authoring™ system. The critical benefit and characteristic of the Common Point Authoring™ system is granular information ownership.

“The Xerox patent is a significant, long-standing patent that covers collaborative document editing systems where multiple parties share in the creation of a single document,” said Steve Holcombe, Pardalis’ CEO. “In contrast, Pardalis' 696 patent involves the creation by multiple parties of many documents in the form of informational objects without the necessity of any collaboration, and, additionally with the critical use of a plurality of granular immutable data elements.”

Before the action taken by the Australian examiners, Pardalis' patents had previously been distinguished by U.S. patent examiners from Microsoft’s U.S. Patent #5,511,197 entitled ‘Method and system for network marshalling of interface pointers for remote procedure calls’ (issued April 23, 1996), Microsoft’s U.S. Patent #5,724,588 also entitled ‘Method and system for network marshalling of interface pointers for remote procedure calls’ (issued March 3, 1998), Microsoft’s U.S. Patent #6,493,719 entitled ‘Method and system for scripting for system management information’ (issued December 10, 2002), IBM’s U.S. Patent #6,438,560 entitled ‘Reuse of immutable objects during object creation’ (issued August 20, 2002), and SAP AG's U.S. Patent # 7,225,302 entitled ‘Method and software application for avoiding data loss’ (issued May 29, 2007).

“What is particularly significant about being distinguished for the first time from Xerox's 657 patent is that the Xerox patent is a document collaboration patent while the Microsoft, IBM and SAP AG patents are computer run-time patents,” Holcombe said. “That may not mean much to most people but to those who do know what I am talking about, the approach taken by the Australian examiners provides additional validation, from a fresh, new direction previously not taken by the U.S. patent examiners, to the seminal nature of the Common Point Authoring system.”

“Pardalis’ Common Point Authoring™ system represents much more than a simple, iterative-step improvement in the use of informational objects for either run-time efficiencies or document collaboration,” Holcombe said. “It represents instead a paradigm shift in the application of object-oriented programming to provide previously unseen means for granular information ownership. More detailed information is available in our recent white paper, Banking on Granular Information Ownership, retrievable from Pardalis’ homepage.”

About Pardalis, Inc.

Pardalis' mission is to promote the sharing of confidential, trustworthy and traceable data along complex and poorly coordinated supply chains with innovative Common Point Authoring™ methods for protecting the granular ownership rights of information producers. For more information, call 877-OWN-DATA or visit http://www.pardalis.com.

SAP Patent Distinguished from Granular Information Ownership

Pardalis’ patents now distinguished from those held by Microsoft, IBM & SAP

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 29, 2007 — The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today the issuance to SAP AG of U.S. Patent # 7,225,302 entitled ‘Method and software application for avoiding data loss’. According to Wikipedia.org, SAP AG is the largest software company in Europe and the fourth largest in the world. It ranks after Microsoft, Google, Apple and IBM in terms of market capitalization. The SAP patent was specifically distinguished by USPTO examiners from Pardalis’ U.S. Patent #6,671,696 entitled ‘Informational object authoring and distribution system’ (issued on December 30, 2003).

Pardalis' patents have previously been distinguished by the examiners of the USPTO from Microsoft’s U.S. Patent #5,511,197 entitled ‘Method and system for network marshalling of interface pointers for remote procedure calls’ (issued April 23, 1996), Microsoft’s U.S. Patent #5,724,588 also entitled ‘Method and system for network marshalling of interface pointers for remote procedure calls’ (issued March 3, 1998), Microsoft’s U.S. Patent #6,493,719 entitled ‘Method and system for scripting for system management information’ (issued December 10, 2002), and IBM’s U.S. Patent #6,438,560 entitled ‘Reuse of immutable objects during object creation’ (issued August 20, 2002).

“What is different about using informational objects for empowering granular information ownership that is different from what information technology companies are providing today?” said Steve Holcombe, Pardalis’ CEO. “Granular information ownership involves an innovatively different application of informational objects than as mere individual units of efficient data storage as seen in the distinguished patents held by Microsoft, IBM and SAP.”

“Pardalis’ granular information ownership is not an iterative step improvement in the use of informational objects, but is instead a paradigm shift in the application of object-oriented programming,” Holcombe said. “More detailed information is available in our recent white paper, Banking on Granular Information Ownership, retrievable from Pardalis’ homepage.”

About Pardalis, Inc.

Pardalis' mission is to promote the sharing of confidential, trustworthy and traceable data along complex and poorly coordinated supply chains with innovative Common Point Authoring™ methods for protecting the granular ownership rights of information producers. For more information, call 877-OWN-DATA or visit http://www.pardalis.com.

Pardalis CEO Presents to IFAS Nanotechnology Conference

Why granular information ownership matters to complex supply chains

EAST LANSING, MI, April 2, 2007 — Steve Holcombe, CEO of Pardalis, Inc., presented today at the Third International IFAS Conference on Nanotechnology held on the campus of Michigan State University. The conference, entitled ‘What is Agrifood Nanotechnology?’ was structured as a workshop and sponsored by the Institute for Food and Agricultural Standards (IFAS) at Michigan State University, The National Science Foundation, the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Consulat General de France. Organizers were Dr. Lawrence Busch and Dr. Paul Thompson, co-principal researchers for the IFAS. Opening statements were given by Dr. Busch, Dr. Thompson, Dr. Steve Pueppke, Director, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, Michigan State University, and Jean-Pierre Toutant, Attache’ Scientifique, Consulat General de France, Chicago, Illinois.

“A panel of well-qualified panelists brought focus to how developments in nanotechnology are already changing food and agricultural systems," said Dr. Paul Thompson who, in addition his research at the IFAS, is the W. K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics at Michigan State University. “We were pleased to enlist Mr. Holcombe’s participation and hear his presentation regarding the suggested, coming effects of granular information ownership to the beef livestock supply chain.”.

“Information ownership on the Internet is both a technological and a political issue,” said Steve Holcombe. “Both of these issues can be dynamically addressed with new technological choices for livestock producers to privately bank and granularly use livestock information like they privately bank and granularly use their money.”

Also presenting were Dr. Hongda Chen, National Program Leader, Bio-Processing Engineering, USDA/CSREES, Washington, D.C.; Steve Bjerklie, Contributing Editor, Meat & Poultry Magazine; Masashi Tachikawa, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan; Shane Roberts, Policy Advisor on Futures & Forecasting, Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness, Ontario, Canada; Dr. Lynn Frewer, Professor, Food Safety and Consumer Behavior, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands; Dr. Norman Scott, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Dr. Jennifer Kuzma, Center for Science, Technology & Public Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Dr. Susanna H. Priest, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina; Ayaad Assaad, DVM, PhD, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Rickey Yada, Canada Research Chair in Food Protein Structure, University of Guelph, Ottawa, Canada; Dr. Mickey Gjerris, Danish Centre for Bioethics and Risk Assessment, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Dr. Monique Axelos, Dept. for Science and Process Engineering of Ag Products, Centre d'Etudes pratiques d'Informatique et Automatique, Paris, France; Hope Shand, Research Director, ETC Group, Carrboro, North Carolina; Dr. Susan E. Selke, Professor & Associate Director, School of Packaging, Michigan State University; Jeffrey T. Barach, PhD, Vice President & Center Director, Center for Technical and Laboratory Services, Grocery Manufacturing Association/Food Products Association, Washington, D.C.; and Gary Maki, PhD, Center for Advanced Microelectronics and Biomolecular Research, University of Idaho, Post Falls, Idaho.

Also participating as moderators were Dr. Brady Deaton, Jr., Assistant Professor, Food, Agriculture, and Resource Economics, University of Guelph; Dr. Jack Lloyd, Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University; Dr. Kenneth David, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University; Dr. Les Bourquin, Associate Professor, Institute for International Agriculture, Michigan State University; and Dr. John V. Stone, Research Associate, IFAS, Michigan State University.

About the Institute for Food and Agricultural Standards

The mission of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Standards (IFAS) at Michigan State University is to raise fundamental issues with respect to equity, fairness and transparency of food and agricultural standards at the local, national and international levels. For more information, visit http://www.ifas.msu.edu.

About Pardalis, Inc.

Pardalis' mission is to promote the sharing of confidential, trustworthy and traceable data along complex and poorly coordinated supply chains with innovative Common Point Authoring™ methods for protecting the ownership rights of information producers. For more information, call 877-OWN-DATA or visit http://www.pardalis.com.

Pardalis CEO Presents to AAAS Nanotechnology Symposium

Why granular data ownership matters to complex supply chains

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, February 16, 2007 — Steve Holcombe, CEO of Pardalis, Inc., presented today at a symposium held at the Hilton San Francisco during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The symposium, entitled ‘What is Agrifood Nanotechnology?: Technical, Ethical, Legal, and Social Questions’ was sponsored by the Institute for Food and Agricultural Standards at Michigan State University. Organizers were Dr. Lawrence Busch and Dr. Paul Thompson, both of Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

“Nanotechnology is repeatedly hyped as a the next revolutionizing technology, but informed discussion of exactly what products and processes are likely to be affected is often left out of the mainstream discussion,” said Dr. Lawrence Busch, co-principal researcher at the Institute for Food and Agricultural Standards at Michigan State University. “A panel of well-qualified presenters brought focus to how developments in nanotechnology are already changing food and agricultural systems. We were pleased to enlist Mr. Holcombe’s participation and hear his presentation regarding the suggested, coming effects of granular data ownership to the beef livestock supply chain.”

“What I suggested in my presentation are the benefits of a previously unmatched flexibility and control in the granular ownership and sharing of information along a very complex agricultural supply chain,” said Steve Holcombe, CEO of Pardalis, Inc. “There is an ever increasing usage of unique identification, driven by the ubiquity of the Internet, and by the increasing application of RFID systems and nanotechnology. These events are raising the level of consciousness among supply participants about efficiently balancing information confidentiality with the desire for new sources of reliable, traceable, and accessible information about the safety of our food supply.”

Holcombe was one among a panel of eight presenters on the symposium panel. Also presenting were Dr. Susan E. Selke, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan; Mark Bunger, Lux Research, San Francisco, California; Dr. Jennifer Kuzma, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Dr. Susanna H. Priest, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina; Amy K. Wolfe, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee; Dr. David H. Sparling, Director of the Institute of Agri-Food Policy Innovation, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada; and Dr. John V. Stone, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

About the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Founded in 1848, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) serves some 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Its publication, Science, has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated total readership of one million. For more information, visit http://www.aaas.org.

About the Institute for Food and Agricultural Standards

The mission of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Standards (IFAS) at Michigan State University is to raise fundamental issues with respect to equity, fairness and transparency of food and agricultural standards at the local, national and international levels. For more information, visit http://www.ifas.msu.edu.

About Pardalis, Inc.

Pardalis' mission is to promote the sharing of confidential, trustworthy and traceable data along complex and poorly coordinated supply chains with innovative Common Point Authoring™ methods for protecting the ownership rights of information producers. For more information, call 877-OWN-DATA or visit http://www.pardalis.com.