ICAP Ocean Tomo Engaged to Exclusively License Intellectual Property Portfolios from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on Behalf of Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC

ICAP Ocean Tomo announced today it has been engaged to exclusively license 7 intellectual property portfolios owned by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on behalf of Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. The portfolios contain 118 issued patents cited by industry giants such as IBM, Intel, Siemens, GE, Abbott Laboratories, Pfizer, Microsoft, and Sony.

The technology of the portfolios applies to semiconductor device fabrication, analytical instruments for biomedical research, surgical applications, MEMS, speech signal processing, fiber optics communication and manufacturing, and imaging in 3-D motion cameras. Indicative pricing is available upon request.

Category                                 Number of Patents
Semiconductor Technology                 58
Basic Biomedical Research                18
Surgical Applications                    13
Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)  10
Speech Signal Processing                 13
Fiber Optics                             4
Imaging                                  2

"Lawrence Livermore is a pioneer in fundamental research in numerous areas and these assets provide a golden opportunity to the intellectual property marketplace," said Dean Becker, ICAP Ocean Tomo President. "We are excited to assist a national laboratory of this stature in licensing its technology to commercial entities through ICAP Ocean Tomo's brokerage platform."

For information regarding this portfolio or to view other Private Sale listings, please contact ICAP Ocean Tomo at 1-866-779-8363 or patent.brokerage@us.icap.com.

About ICAP Ocean Tomo LLC

ICAP Ocean Tomo is the intellectual property brokerage division of ICAP.

About ICAP

ICAP is the world's premier interdealer broker and provider of post trade services. The Group matches buyers and sellers in the wholesale markets in interest rates, credit, commodities, foreign exchange, emerging markets, equities and equity derivatives through voice and electronic networks. ICAP is also the source of global market information and research for professionals in the international financial markets. ICAP plc was added to the FTSE 100 Index on 30 June 2006. For more information go to www.icap.com.

About Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Founded in 1952, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a national security laboratory, with a mission to ensure national security and apply science and technology to the important issues of our time. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is managed by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.

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