09.19.05
Ultra Clean Seeks Declaratory JudgEment for Non-Infringement of Celerity,
Inc.'s Patents
MENLO PARK, CA, September 19, 2005 /PRNewswire — Ultra
Clean Holdings, Inc's (Nasdaq: UCTT) subsidiary, Ultra Clean Technology
Systems and Service, Inc., has filed a suit against Celerity seeking
a declaratory judgment that Ultra Clean's new substrate technology, which
is in the final stages of development, does not infringe certain of Celerity's
patents.
Ultra Clean's action was filed in the federal court in the Northern
District of California on September 2, 2005, 11 days in advance of the
recently announced Celerity suit against UCT, and is directed at the
same patents specified in Celerity's claim filed in federal court in
Delaware against Ultra Clean and announced today.
"Ultra Clean Technology respects the Intellectual Property rights
of others," said Clarence Granger, President and Chief Executive
Officer of UCT. "At the same time, we will vigorously defend our
right to develop new technology in this arena. UCT has its own intellectual
property that covers its independently developed, proprietary substrate
technology and we believe that the Federal Court will find that we do
not infringe the Celerity patents."
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. is a developer and supplier of critical subsystems
for the semiconductor capital equipment industry, focusing on gas delivery
systems. Ultra Clean offers its customers a complete outsourced
solution for gas delivery systems, improved design-to-delivery cycle
times, component neutral design and manufacturing and component testing
capabilities. Ultra Clean's customers are primarily original equipment
manufacturers of semiconductor capital equipment. The Company
is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Additional information
is available at www.uct.com.
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Commission on August 12, 2005.
