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Ocean Tomo Auctions has announced the sale of a key wireless patent portfolio directly relevant to broadband standards such as 802.11n, 802.16 (WiMax) and 802.20. This portfolio will be offered by Aquity LLC at the Ocean Tomo Spring 2007 Live Intellectual Property Auction on April 19 at the Union League Club of Chicago.

The Aquity patent portfolio covers fundamental inventions in two of the most important emerging wireless technologies -- multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM). The inventions provide significant cost, performance and network capacity improvements over existing broadband wireless systems.

“We are excited to include the Aquity portfolio in our spring auction,” said Dean Becker, vice chairman of Ocean Tomo. “Patent applications from major technology companies have been rejected by the USPTO citing these cornerstone patents. Companies in the wireless broadband business are now being presented with an opportunity to acquire this key portfolio and uniquely position themselves in the marketplace.”

“The demands of future wireless applications will require signal-processing techniques that can dynamically adapt to multiple wireless standards and channel conditions to maximize throughput and performance,” stated Shattil. “Interferometry processing provides the only signal-processing platform with the agility to provide either time or frequency domain processing required for ultimate adaptability and optimum performance.”

The Aquity portfolio is being offered in two separate lots: lot 41, which includes five U.S. patents, foreign counterparts and pending applications, is pioneering in the field of carrier interferometry and includes priority dates as early as February 1998. Lot 42, which includes six U.S. patents, foreign counterparts and pending applications, is fundamental to MIMO interference cancellation and includes priority dates as early as July 1994. Together, the two lots of patent assets contain approximately 2,500 claims.