Richardson, TX, March 25, 2010 (PRNewswire)—Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: VCSY)(www.vcsy.com) is pleased to announce today that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) for its U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 10/999,911 for a continuation patent of its U.S. Patent No. 6,826,744. Notice of Allowance means that all pending new claims have been approved for issuance in a patent. The patent should issue within approximately three months.
“We are very pleased with this outcome. The issuance of a new patent will increase the scope of the original patent by adding 32 new claims on top of the original 53 claims,” stated Luiz Valdetaro, Chief Technology Officer of Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. “We believe this will broaden and further protect our intellectual property assets.”
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Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: VCSY) is a provider of administrative software, Internet core technologies, and derivative software application products through its distribution network. VCSY's main administrative software product is emPath®, which is developed and distributed by NOW Solutions, Inc., the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary. emPath® is a payroll and human resources software application, which consists of a fully secure web based HRMS suite as well as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution. VCSY's primary Internet core technologies include SiteFlashTM, ResponseFlashTM, NewsFlashTM, and the Emily XML Scripting Language, which can be used to build web services. Information on VCSY and its products can be obtained on the World Wide Web at www.vcsy.com
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