General Patent Licenses DTL's Cell Phone Patent to RSA 1 and Mohave Cellular

General Patent (GPC), a patent licensing and enforcement firm, announced on behalf of its client, Digital Technology Licensing (DTL), that it has licensed DTL's cell phone patent to Mohave Cellular Limited Partnership of Kingman, AZ, owned by Frontier Communications; and RSA 1 Limited Partnership (d/b/a Cellular 29 Plus) of Emerson, IA.

DTL owns US Patent No. 5,051,799 (the '799 Patent) entitled "Digital Output Transducer." The technology covered by the '799 Patent addresses Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) codec and other cellular communication standards, assuring backward compatibility of cell phone handsets and base stations. The '799 Patent also has applications in Bluetooth devices.

"We are very pleased to have RSA 1 and Mohave Cellular join the growing list of cell phone providers that are licensing the DTL patent," said Paul Lerner, General Patent's Sr. Vice President and General Counsel. "Licenses under the DTL patent are available at our standard royalty rate of 0.7 percent."

General Patent represents DTL in the licensing and enforcement of US Patent No. 5,051,799. DTL brought patent infringement lawsuits against Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless (now known as AT&T Mobility), T-Mobile, Sprint and other companies. Equipment manufacturers Nokia, Ericsson, Sony-Ericsson, Samsung and LG Electronics have licensed the DTL Patent. Lawsuits are still pending against Verizon, Sprint, Kyocera and other companies. RSA 1 and Mohave Cellular are just two of many cellular service providers that have licensed the DTL patent.

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