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2013
11/13/2013	O₂Micro Granted Patent for Battery Module Identification Methodology
09/23/2013	O₂Micro's Multi-cell Battery Monitoring Invention Receives Patent from Japanese Patent Office
08/26/2013	O₂Micro Introduces 3-Way LED Bulb Driver Controller with Power Factor Correction
08/21/2013	Key Battery Pack Protection Patent Granted to O₂Micro
06/27/2013	O₂Micro Elects Dr. Zhuoping Yu to Board of Directors
04/15/2013	O₂Micro Extends Free Dimming™ Technology for the Global LED Retrofit Lighting Market with Two-Step Nightlight Driver
04/03/2013	O₂Micro Debuts New Corporate Website
03/13/2013	O₂Micro Wins "The Best Product Award" in Power Management at 2013 China ACE Awards
03/06/2013	O₂Micro Introduces OZ8022VM LED Driver Controller for Single-SKU Universal, Global LED Bulbs
02/20/2013	O₂Micro Issued Patent for Converter Topology O₂Micro was issued 25 claims under United States patent number 8,324,861 for its Multi-channel Converter with self-diagnosis topology.
02/19/2013	Patent Issued for O₂Micro's Battery Voltage Monitoring Methodology O₂Micro was issued 19 claims under United States patent number 8,310,206 and 20 claims under United States patent number 8,294,424 for its Battery Voltage Monitoring methodology.
02/13/2013	O₂Micro's Free Dimming™ Technology Patent Continued O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,305,013 for its Circuits and Methods for LED Free Dimming™ control.
02/12/2013	Patent Issued for Cell Balancing System to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,294,421 for its Cell Balancing system.
02/11/2013	Patent Granted for O₂Micro's Battery Pack Monitoring System O₂Micro was issued 14 claims under United States patent number 8,278,876 for its Battery Pack Current Monitoring system.
02/06/2013	O₂Micro's Multi-cell Battery Monitoring Invention Receives Patent O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,253,383 for its Multi-cell Battery Pack Monitoring systems and methods.
01/22/2013	Patent for Converter Controller Architecture Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 14 claims under United States patent number 8,289,731 for its Power Converter Controller architecture.
01/16/2013	O₂Micro Extends Free Dimming™ Technology for the Global LED Lighting Market with BOM Optimized Step-Dimming Driver
01/03/2013	O₂Micro Granted U.S. Patent for Protection Circuit Architecture O₂Micro was issued 24 claims under United States patent number 8,248,259 for its Protection Circuit with Timer architecture.

2012
12/20/2012	O₂Micro Receives Patent for Power Source Detection Topology O₂Micro was issued 17 claims under United States patent number 8,242,742 for its Power Source Detection chargers, systems and methods.
12/10/2012	Patent for Current Sensing Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 16 claims under United States patent number 8,232,784 for its Current Sensing circuits and methods.
12/06/2012	U.S. Patent Granted to O₂Micro for Over-Voltage Controller O₂Micro was issued seven claims under United States patent number 8,232,773 for its Over-voltage Transient Controller.
11/26/2012	O₂Micro Introduces OZ8022V LED Driver Controller for Single-SKU Universal, Global LED Bulbs
11/26/2012	O₂Micro Reaches 1,000^th Patent Milestone
11/05/2012	Patent Issued for O₂Micro's Signal Monitoring System O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,228,073 for its Signal Monitoring System.
10/17/2012	O₂Micro Extends Free Dimming™ Technology for the Global LED Lighting Market with New Continuous-Dimming Drivers
10/16/2012	O₂Micro Granted Patent for Light Source Driving Methodology O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,228,004 for its Light Source Driving Circuit and Methodology.
10/11/2012	O₂Micro Introduces SMBus™ Level 2 Battery Charger with Hybrid Power Boost Supporting Notebooks, Netbooks and Ultra-Mobile Computers
09/26/2012	Patent Granted for O₂Micro's Vertical Bus Circuit Invention O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,227,944 for its Vertical Bus Circuit invention.
09/24/2012	O₂Micro Receives Patent for BMS Invention O₂Micro was issued 23 claims under United States patent number 8,222,870 for its Battery Management System (BMS) with Adjustable Charging Current invention.
09/17/2012	O₂Micro Extends Free Dimming™ Technology for the Global LED Lighting Market with New Isolated Step-Dimming Driver
08/27/2012	O₂Micro Expands DC/DC Controller Family Supporting Notebook CPU Core and GFX Power Supplies
08/23/2012	Patent for Battery Charging Methodology Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,222,869 for its Battery Pre-Charging System and Method.
08/13/2012	O₂Micro Extends Free Dimming™ Technology for the Global LED Lighting Market with New Built-In Night Light Driver
08/08/2012	U.S. Patent Granted to O₂Micro for BMS Protection Invention O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,219,333 for its Battery Management System (BMS) Protection invention.
08/06/2012	O₂Micro Expands Portfolio of Highly-Integrated DC/DC Controllers
07/24/2012	Patent Issued for O₂Micro's Flyback DC/DC Converter Invention O₂Micro was issued 24 claims under United States patent number 8,213,193 for its circuits and methods for Flyback DC/DC Converter with Feedback Control invention.
07/16/2012	O₂Micro Unveils Free Dimming™ Technology for the Global LED Lighting Market
07/02/2012	O₂Micro Receives Patent for Power Conversion Circuit O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,193,758 for its circuits and methods for Power Conversion.
06/13/2012	Patent for Power Converter Control Invention Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 23 claims under United States patent number 8,179,105 for its Power Converter Current Control invention.
06/12/2012	U.S. Patent Granted for O₂Micro's LED Driving Methodology O₂Micro was issued 15 claims under United States patent number 8,169,160 for its LED Driving methodology.
06/05/2012	O₂Micro's Battery Charging System Invention Receives Patent O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,164,309 for its Battery Charging System invention with Trickle Charging/Discharging control.
05/29/2012	Patent Issued for O₂Micro's BMS Invention O₂Micro was issued 6 claims under United States patent number 8,164,305 for its Battery Management System (BMS) with Energy Balance invention.
05/24/2012	O₂Micro Receives Patent for Charging Systems Invention O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,148,942 for its Charging Systems with Cell Balancing Functions invention.
05/22/2012	O₂Micro Granted Power Regulator Patent O₂Micro was issued 5 claims under United States patent number 8,143,872 for its Power Regulator invention.
05/22/2012	Patent Issued for O₂Micro's Battery Current Control O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,143,863 for its Battery Current control.
05/21/2012	Battery Charging Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,143,862 for its Battery Charging invention.
05/21/2012	U.S. Patent Granted to O₂Micro for Battery Monitoring System O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,143,857 for its Battery Monitoring System.
05/16/2012	O₂Micro Granted Patent for Signal Detection Invention O₂Micro was issued 13 claims under United States patent number 8,138,808 for its Signal Detection Circuitry.
05/15/2012	U.S. Patent Issued for O₂Micro's LED Control O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,120,280 for its Circuits and Methods for LED control.
05/15/2012	Key O₂Micro Patent Helps Portable Lighting Extend Battery Run Time O₂Micro was issued 18 claims under United States patent number 8,120,263 for its Portable Lighting Device methodology.
05/14/2012	Temperature Detection Methodology Patent Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 22 claims under United States patent number 8,118,487 for its Temperature Detection methodology.
04/30/2012	O₂Micro Granted Significant Patent for Free Dimming™ Invention O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,111,017 for its Circuits and Methods for LED Free Dimming™ control.
04/26/2012	Patent Issued for O₂Micro's Power Delivery System O₂Micro was issued 22 claims under United States patent number 8,098,469 for its Power Delivery System.
04/26/2012	O₂Micro Receives Patent for LED Balancing Methodology O₂Micro was issued 18 claims under United States patent number 8,084,960 for its LED Balancing Circuits and Methods.
04/25/2012	U.S. Patent Granted for O₂Micro's Voltage Detection Invention O₂Micro was issued 18 claims under United States patent number 8,076,959 for its Voltage Detection invention.
04/25/12	Another O₂Micro LED Invention Issued U.S. Patent O₂Micro was issued 18 claims under United States patent number 8,076,867 for its Driving Circuit invention.
04/24/2012	O₂Micro Issued Patent for Fuse Circuit Invention O₂Micro was issued 22 claims under United States patent number 8,058,921 for its Fuse Circuit invention.
04/10/2012	U.S. Patent Granted for O₂Micro's Power System Invention O₂Micro was issued 28 claims under United States patent number 8,058,817 for its Power System invention.
04/10/2012	Patent Issued for O₂Micro's Light Source Control O₂Micro was issued 16 claims under United States patent number 8,049,438 for its Light Source Driving Circuit methodology.
04/04/2012	O₂Micro Battery Status Indication Methodology Issued Patent O₂Micro was issued 19 claims under United States patent number 8,044,815 for its Battery Status Indication Methodology.
04/03/12	O₂Micro's Driving Circuit Invention Granted U.S. Patent O₂Micro was issued 18 claims under United States patent number 8,044,608 for its Driving Circuit invention.
04/02/2012	U.S. Patent Issued for O₂Micro's Display Device Driving Methodology O₂Micro was issued 18 claims under United States patent number 8,040,334 for its Display Device Driving methodology.
04/02/2012	Patent Issued for O₂Micro's Battery Cell Monitoring Topology O₂Micro was issued 24 claims under United States patent number 8,030,973 for its Battery Cell Monitoring topology.
03/29/2012	Cell Balancing System Patent Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 25 claims under United States patent number 8,030,895 for its Cell Balancing System.
03/28/2012	O₂Micro Battery Management System Receives U.S. Patent O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,022,669 for its Battery Management System.
03/27/2012	Patent for Conversion Circuit Systems Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 24 claims under United States patent number 7,965,061 for its Conversion Circuit Systems invention.
03/26/2012	Patent Issued for O₂Micro's Power Management System O₂Micro was issued 28 claims under United States patent number 7,973,515 for its Power Management System with Controllable Adapter Output.
03/21/2012	O₂Micro Granted Patent for New Battery Cell Balancing Method O₂Micro was issued 22 claims under United States patent number 7,973,514 for its Battery Cell Balancing System.
02/29/2012	O₂Micro's Power Supply Topology Granted U.S. Patent O₂Micro was issued 7 claims under United States patent number 7,977,911 for its Power Supply topology.
02/28/2012	O₂Micro Receives Patent for Power Management System O₂Micro was issued 4 claims under United States patent number 7,969,043 for its Power Management System architecture.
01/25/2012	O₂Micro's White LED Control Invention Issued Patent O₂Micro was issued 17 claims under United States patent number 7,948,455 for its White LED apparatus and methodology.
01/23/2012	U.S. Patent Granted for O₂Micro's Driving Circuit Architecture O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 7,919,936 for its Driving Circuit architecture.

2011
12/16/11	O₂Micro Selected As Only Non-Chinese Company to Join China Semiconductor Lighting Technology Standards Working Group
12/14/11	O₂Micro Receives Patent for Brightness Control System O₂Micro was issued 18 claims under United States patent number 8,040,341 for its Brightness Control System.
12/14/11	Significant Patent for LED Architecture Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 8 claims under United States patent number 8,040,071 for its LED Architecture and methodology.
11/28/11	O₂Micro Wins Appeal Affirming Patent Infringement Judgment and Injunction in Lighting Technology
11/22/11	Patent Granted for O₂Micro's Flexible Bus Architecture O₂Micro was issued 19 claims under United States patent number 8,015,452 for its Flexible Bus architecture.
11/21/11	Patent for Battery Cell Monitor/Balance Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 13 claims under United States patent number 8,004,246 for its Battery Cell Monitor and Balance invention.
10/17/11	Patent for Extended SMS Methodology Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 5 claims under United States patent number 7,983,301 for its Short Message Service (SMS) for wireless communications invention.
10/03/11	O₂Micro Receives Patent for Battery Voltage Translator Circuitry O₂Micro was issued 15 claims under United States patent number 7,999,554 for its Battery Voltage Translator circuitry.
09/06/11	O₂Micro's Battery Charging Topology Receives Patent O₂Micro was issued 31 claims under United States patent number 7,999,516 for its Battery Charging circuits and methods.
09/01/11	O₂Micro Issued Patent for Intelligent Adapter Architecture O₂Micro was issued 23 claims under United States patent number 7,994,660 for its Intelligent Adapter architecture.
05/31/11	U.S. Patent Office Issues Battery Monitoring Patent to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 12 claims under United States patent number 7,936,151 for its Battery State Monitoring circuitry.
04/20/11	O₂Micro Receives Patent for Inverter Operations Power Supply O₂Micro was issued 12 claims under United States patent number 7,911,463 for its Power Supply Topologies for Inverter and Power Factor Correction operations.
03/30/11	O₂Micro's Power Supply Topology Issued Patent O₂Micro was issued 21 claims under United States patent number 7,898,218 for its Power Supply Topology.
03/07/11	Patent for EEFL Protection System Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 7,888,889 for its External Electrode Fluorescent Lamp (EEFL) System Protection architecture.
01/31/11	Class-D Amplifier Architecture Patent Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 27 claims under United States patent number 7,868,693 for its Class-D Amplifier architecture.
01/12/11	O₂Micro Receives Patent for Phase-on-demand^® Invention O₂Micro was issued 17 claims under United States patent number 7,847,491 for its Phase-on-demand^® invention.
01/10/11	O₂Micro's USB Charger Selected by Leading Camcorder OEM
2010
09/28/10	O₂Micro Wins Patent Infringement Case versus BiTEK and Receives Injunction
04/26/10	O₂Micro Issued Patent for Vehicle Emissions Analysis System O₂Micro was issued 16 claims under United States patent number 7,668,643 for its Automatic Automotive Exhaust Emission data processing system.
04/19/10	O₂Micro Receives Ruling in ITC Case
04/07/10	Battery Protection Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 10 claims under United States patent number 7,646,169 for its Trickle Discharge for Battery Pack Protection invention.
02/17/10	O₂Micro Issued Patent for Voltage Reference Circuit O₂Micro was issued 19 claims under United States patent number 7,656,145 for its Low Power Bandgap Voltage Reference Circuit.
2009
09/23/09	Patent Granted for O₂Micro's DC Power Output Architecture O₂Micro was issued 17 claims under United States patent number 7,583,067 for its Variable Power Output Regulator; a continuation of the invention issued August 2006 under United States patent number 7,095,217.
09/17/09	O₂Micro Settles ITC Case with BenQ and LG
09/14/09	Successful Outcome - Japanese High IP Court Upholds O₂Micro Patent
09/09/09	O₂Micro Receives Patent for Battery Charging Methodology O₂Micro was issued 25 claims under United States patent number 7,573,240 for its Battery Charging Method and Device.
09/02/09	O₂Micro's Power Management Topology Granted Patent O₂Micro was issued 26 claims under United States patent number 7,564,220 for its Power Management Topology.
09/01/09	Battery Capacity Measurement Patent Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 16 claims under United States patent number 7,557,540 for its Battery Capacity Measurement System.
08/31/09	O₂Micro's Voltage Sensing Invention Patented O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 7,554,319 for its Voltage Sensing invention.
08/31/09	EEFL Protection System Patent Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 35 claims under United States patent number 7,554,273 for its External Electrode Fluorescent Lamp (EEFL) System Protection architecture; a continuation of the invention issued July 2007 under patent number 7,248,240.
08/28/09	O₂Micro Granted Patent for CCFL Driving Circuit O₂Micro was issued 35 claims under United States patent number 7,550,928 for its Driving Circuit for multiple Cold Cathode Fluorescent lamp (CCFL) applications.
07/08/09	Patent for Oscillator Architecture Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 24 claims under United States patent number 7,515,005 for its Variable Frequency Multi-phase Oscillator circuit.
07/07/09	O₂Micro Granted DC/DC Controller Patent O₂Micro was issued 18 claims under United States patent number 7,508,176 for its DC/DC Converter Controller.
07/06/09	Patent for Differential Load Driver Circuit Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 7,504,746 for its Differential Load Driver Circuit architecture.
07/01/09	Continuation of DC/DC Controller Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 19 claims under United States patent number 7,471,533 for its DC/DC Controller with improved transient response; a continuation of the invention issued February 2006 under United States patent number 7,002,817.
06/17/09	O₂Micro's Battery Fuel Gauge Circuit Receives Patent O₂Micro was issued 17 claims under United States patent number 7,531,989 for its Battery Fuel Gauge Circuit.
06/08/09	O₂Micro's Adaptive DC/AC Converter Issued Patent O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 7,515,446 for its High Efficiency Adaptive DC/AC Converter Circuit.
06/08/09	Intelligent Inverter® Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 28 claims under United States patent number 7,515,445 for its High-efficiency Adaptive DC/AC Converter; a continuation of the invention issued May 2002 under patent number 6,396,722, issued at the same time as the original in Taiwan (under #152,318).
06/03/09	O₂Micro's DC/AC Inverter Invention Receives Patent O₂Micro was issued 21 claims under United States patent number 7,502,243 for its DC/AC Inverter with Adjustable Gate-source Voltage.
06/01/09	O₂Micro's Power Management System Receives Patent O₂Micro was issued 19 claims under United States patent number 7,498,694 for its Power Management System with Multiple Power Sources invention.
05/27/09	O₂Micro's Current-Mode Converter Issued Patent O₂Micro was issued 17 claims under United States patent number 7,498,793 for its Current-Mode DC/DC Converter.
05/23/09	O₂Micro Announces Technology License Agreement with Sanken Electric Co., Ltd. O₂Micro today announced that it has entered into a worldwide technology license agreement relating to O₂Micro's patented inverter controller technology with Sanken Electric Co., Ltd. ("Sanken").
05/07/09	O₂Micro Receives Patent for Battery Cell Balancing Methodology O₂Micro was issued was issued 26 claims under United States patent number 7,466,104 for its Battery Pack Multiple Cell Balancing system/method.
05/07/09	Patent for Low Pass Filtering Technique Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued was issued 21 claims under United States patent number 7,471,016 for its Low Pass Filtering technique.
04/27/09	Key LCD TV/LCD Monitor Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued was issued 5 claims under United States patent number 7,477,024 for its Phase-on-demand® invention; a continuation of the invention issued March 2004 under United States patent number 6,707,264.
04/21/09	O₂Micro Granted Power Management Patent O₂Micro was issued was issued 16 claims under United States patent number 7,501,720 for its Selector Circuit for Power Management in Multiple Battery Systems; a continuation of the invention issued December 2005 under United States patent number 6,977,482.
04/20/09	O₂Micro Receives Selector Circuit Architecture Patent O₂Micro was issued 21 claims under United States patent number 7,489,110 for its Selector Circuit for Power Management in multiple battery systems; a continuation of the invention issued March 2006 under United States patent number 7,009,364.
04/08/09	O₂Micro Issued Patent for Class-D Amplifier Architecture O₂Micro was issued 26 claims under United States patent number 7,471,144 for its Low Distortion Class-D Amplifier architecture.
04/07/09	O₂Micro Granted Key Power Patent O₂Micro was issued 12 claims under United States patent number 7,466,113 for its Break-Before-Make (BBM) Sensing topology for drivers.
02/27/09	O₂Micro Announces Proposed Voluntary Withdrawal of Listing on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
01/28/09	New DC/DC Architecture Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 19 claims under United States patent number 7,446,516 for its DC/DC with Improved Stability architecture.
01/20/09	Patent Granted for O₂Micro's PC/PDA Architecture O₂Micro was issued 31 claims under United States patent number 7,424,623 for its PC Integrated with a PDA architecture.
01/19/09	O₂Micro Granted Key Patent for System to Offload Converter/Controller-Specific Tasks O₂Micro was issued 35 claims under United States patent number 7,412,553 for its System and Method for Offloading Converter/Controller-specific tasks to a system microprocessor; a continuation of the invention issued September 2005 under United States patent number 6,941,405.
2008
11/14/08	O₂Micro's Industry Leading Precision Circuit Trimming Method Receives Patent O₂Micro was issued 19 claims under United States patent number 7,436,222 for its Precision Trimming Method for integrated circuits; a continuation of the invention issued January 2006 under United States patent number 7,319,346.
10/08/08	Patent Issued for O₂Micro's LCD Panel Power Supply Architecture O₂Micro was issued 7 claims under United States patent number 7,425,949 for its LCD Panel Power Supply architecture.
09/10/08	Patent Issued for O₂Micro's Battery Charging Architecture O₂Micro was issued 12 claims under United States patent number 7,414,381 for its Battery Charging Architecture; a continuation of the invention issued June 2006 under United States patent number 7,064,521.
09/03/08	O₂Micro's Power Delivery System Receives Patent O₂Micro was issued 27 claims under United States patent number 7,411,374 for its Charging Circuitry Architecture and Power Control Method.
09/02/08	Patent Office Approves O₂Micro's Photoflash Diode Invention O₂Micro was issued 21 claims under United States patent number 7,375,472 for its Photoflash Diode driver invention.
08/27/08	Patent for DC/DC Converter Controller Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 6 claims under United States patent number 7,304,866 for its DC/DC Converter Controller invention.
08/26/08	FPGA Architecture Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 21 claims under United States patent number 7,391,237 for its Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Architecture Upgrade.
08/21/08	O₂Micro Granted Patent for Cordless Power Tool Invention O₂Micro was issued 8 claims under United States patent number 7,385,795 for its Cordless Power Tool invention.
08/04/08	O₂Micro's Industry Leading Precision Circuit Trimming Method Issued Patent O₂Micro was issued 14 claims under United States patent number 7,319,346 for its Precision Trimming Method, also referred to as DigitalLaserTrim™, for integrated circuits; a continuation of the invention issued April 2004 under United States patent number 6,720,800.
07/17/08	O₂Micro Receives Linear Voltage Regulator Patent O₂Micro was issued 11 claims under United States patent number 7,391,191 for its Switching Resistance Linear Regulator architecture.
07/14/08	O₂Micro Receives Smart Card Patent Continuation O₂Micro was issued 21 claims under United States patent number 7,337,259 for its Smart Card Virtual Hub invention; a continuation of the invention issued December 2005 under patent number 6,978,335.
06/17/08	Fundamental Power Control Methodology Patent Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 8 claims under United States patent number 7,378,896 for its Single Pin for Multiple Functional Control methodology.
06/16/08	O₂Micro's Lamp Current Topology Receives Patent O₂Micro was issued 23 claims under United States patent number 7,372,213 for its Lamp Current Balancing topology.
06/11/08	Key Power Converter Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 14 claims under United States patent number 7,365,995 for its Power Converter design; a continuation of the invention issued April 2006 under patent number 7,023,709.
06/09/08	O₂Micro's Enhanced Power Switch Device Receives Patent Grant O₂Micro was issued 12 claims under United States patent number 7,365,454 for its Power Switch design.
06/05/08	O₂Micro Granted Low-Power Audio CD Player Patent O₂Micro was issued 35 claims under United States patent number 7,359,998 for its Low-Power Audio CD Player invention; a continuation of the invention issued October 2006 under United States patent number 7,130,930.
06/04/08	O₂Micro's Battery Voltage Detection Invention Receives Patent O₂Micro was issued 22 claims under United States patent number 7,352,155 for its Apparatus and Method for Detecting Battery Pack Voltage.
06/03/08	O₂Micro's ExpressCard Power Switch Device Receives Patent O₂Micro was issued 30 claims under United States patent number 7,343,498 for its ExpressCard™ Power Switch architecture.
06/02/08	O₂Micro Granted Patent for PC/PDA Architecture O₂Micro was issued 18 claims under United States patent number 7,343,484 for its PC Integrated with a PDA architecture.
05/30/08	Patent Office Approves O₂Micro's Power Conservation Methodology O₂Micro was issued 5 claims under United States patent number 7,340,621 for its Power Conservation Techniques for a digital computer.
05/06/08	Power Management System Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 8 claims under United States patent number 7,348,760 for its Power Management Topology.
05/05/08	LCD TV/LCD Monitor System Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 7,345,431 for its DC/AC Converter circuit architecture; a continuation of the invention issued March 2007 under patent number 7,190,123.
04/23/08	O₂Micro Issued Patent for LED String Driver Architecture O₂Micro was issued 10 claims under United States patent number 7,339,323 for its LED String Driver Architecture.
03/27/08	O₂Micro's LED Technology Brightens Future O₂Micro is pleased to announce that several of the top-tier notebook computer manufacturers have chosen O₂Micro's LED Backlight drivers for their high-end models.
03/20/08	O₂Micro Granted Patent for Test Card Invention O₂Micro was issued 19 claims under United States patent number 7,331,001 for its Test Card invention.
03/18/08	O₂Micro's New ADC Architecture Gets Patent Office Nod O₂Micro was issued 28 claims under United States patent number 7,324,037 for its Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) architecture with Interference Rejection capability.
03/17/08	LDO Voltage Regulator Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 23 claims under United States patent number 7,323,853 for its Low Drop-Out (LDO) Voltage Regulator architecture.
02/28/08	O₂Micro Settles with Rohm
02/27/08	O₂Micro Issued Smart Card Controller Patent O₂Micro was issued 8 claims under United States patent number 7,309,021 for its Dual Mode Smart Card Controller architecture; a continuation of the invention issued December 2006 under United States patent number 7,150,397.
02/26/08	Integrated Controller Architecture Patent Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 6 claims under United States patent number 7,292,946 for its Integrated Controller Detection and Operation architecture; a continuation of the invention issued April 2004 under United States patent number 6,718,274.
02/20/08	Sense Amplifier Architecture Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 3 claims under United States patent number 7,268,520 for its Sense Amplifier for Wake-Up Charging Current architecture.
02/19/08	O₂Micro Receives Patent for Open Lamp Detection Invention O₂Micro was issued 14 claims under United States patent number 7,253,569 for its External Electrode Fluorescent Lamp (EEFL) Open Lamp Detection invention.
02/07/08	O₂Micro Granted Key Power Management Patent O₂Micro was issued 13 claims under United States patent number 7,202,650 for its DC/DC Controller technology; a continuation of the invention issued November 2005 under United States patent number 6,965,221.
01/22/08	Intelligent Adapter Architecture Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 19 claims under United States patent number 7,126,241 for its Intelligent Adapter architecture.
01/21/08	O₂Micro Granted Patent for Battery Gas Gauge Architecture O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 7,095,211 for its Battery Gas Gauge invention.
2007
12/13/07	UK Patent Issued for O₂Micro's VPN Firewall Upgrade System O₂Micro was issued 17 claims under Great Britain (GB) patent number 2,425,627 for its Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) IC upgrade system in VPN Firewall solutions.
11/12/07	O₂Micro Issued Patent for Audio CD Player O₂Micro was issued 9 claims under United States patent number 7,243,168 for its Low-Power Audio CD Player invention for portable computers; a continuation of the invention issued March 2004 under United States patent number 6,711,631.
11/06/07	Microsemi and O₂Micro Settle Litigation
10/10/07	EEFL Protection System Architecture Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 13 claims under United States patent number 7,248,240 for its External Electrode Fluorescent Lamp (EEFL) System.
10/04/07	O₂Micro Announces Settlement with Hon Hai and Ampower
09/19/07	O₂Micro Issued DC/DC Controller Patent Continuation O₂Micro was issued 15 claims under United States patent number 7,242,598 for its Direct Current-to-Direct Current (DC/DC) Converter with improved transient response; a continuation of the invention issued April 2006 under United States patent number 7,031,174.
09/17/07	O₂Micro Granted Patent for New LDO Voltage Regulator Architecture O₂Micro was issued 26 claims under United States patent number 7,218,083 for its Low Drop-Out (LDO) Voltage Regulator architecture with enhanced frequency compensation.
08/15/07	O₂Micro Announces $2.3 Million Award in BiTEK Case
07/23/07	O₂Micro Receives Patent for CCFL Power Driving Techniques O₂Micro was issued 12 claims under United States patent number 7,236,020 for its Pulse Translation Power Driving Techniques in both full and half bridge inverter applications.
07/18/07	Inverter Controller Patent Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 19 claims under United States patent number 7,233,117 for its Inverter Controller with Feed-forward Compensation invention.
07/17/07	O₂Micro Receives Patent for DC/DC Controller Architecture O₂Micro was issued 15 claims under United States patent number 7,203,048 for its Direct Current-to-Direct Current (DC/DC) Controller with In-rush Current Protection invention.
07/10/07	Appellate Court Denies BiTEK Motion to Stay O₂Micro Injunction
07/09/07	Battery Charging Patent Issued to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 16 claims under United States patent number 7,202,634 for its high accuracy Voltage Mode Battery Charging invention; a continuation of the invention issued March 2005 under United States patent number 6,861,823.
07/03/07	O₂Micro Announces Settlement with Sony
06/20/07	O₂Micro Receives Patent for LCD Systems O₂Micro was issued 23 claims under United States patent number 7,200,017 for its Phase-on-demand™ invention; a continuation of the invention issued August 2004 under patent number 6,778,415.
06/19/07	O₂Micro's Battery Gauge Invention O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 7,196,652 for its precision Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) Battery Gauge invention; a continuation of the invention issued June 2004 under United States patent number 6,744,394.
06/14/07	O₂Micro Issued Patent for LCD TV/LCD Monitor System O₂Micro was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 7,190,123 for its DC/AC Converter circuit architecture; a continuation of the invention issued August 2004 under patent number 6,781,325.
06/13/07	O₂Micro Granted Patent for Digital Pulse Width Modulator (PWM) Generator O₂Micro was issued 7 claims under United States patent number 7,184,480 for its Digital Pulse Width Modulator (PWM) Generator.
06/06/07	O₂Micro Granted Patent for DC/DC Converter Architecture O₂Micro was issued 19 claims under United States patent number 7,196,499 for its Direct Current-to-Direct Current (DC/DC) Converter power management architecture.
06/04/07	O₂Micro Receives PC Controller Patent O₂Micro was issued 4 claims under United States patent number 7,191,270 for its integrated PC controller; a continuation of the invention issued October 2004 under patent number 6,807,597.
05/24/07	Battery IC Architecture Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 15 claims under United States patent number 7,180,268 for its Battery Charging Integrated Circuits (IC) architecture.
05/16/07	O₂Micro Plans To Appeal Jury Verdict In Patent Trial Against MPS
04/23/07	O₂Micro Issued Patent for Low Dropout Voltage Regulator Architecture O₂Micro was issued 15 claims under United States patent number 7,173,402 for its Low Dropout Voltage Regulator (LDO) architecture.
04/16/07	O₂Micro Receives Battery Gauge Patent O₂Micro was issued 13 claims under United States patent number 7,161,520 for its high precision Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) gauge; a continuation of the invention issued June 2004 under United States patent number 6,744,394.
04/11/07	O₂Micro Trade Secret Judgment Affirmed By Appeals Court
04/05/07	O₂Micro Announces Settlement with Samsung
03/26/07	O₂Micro Obtains Injunction and Judgment Against BiTek, SPI, FSP Group and lien Chang
02/21/07	O₂Micro Issued Patent for Inverter Driving Circuits and Techniques O₂Micro was issued 3 claims under United States patent number 7,151,394 for its Phase Shifting and PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) Driving circuits and methods.
02/20/07	O₂Micro Granted Dual Mode Smart Card Controller Patent O₂Micro was issued 18 claims under United States patent number 7,150,397 for its Dual Mode Controller for ISO7816 and USB enabled Smart Cards; a continuation of the invention issued July 2005 under United States patent number 6,913,196.
02/12/07	O₂Micro's 722 Patent Case Against MPS Will Head to Trial for Injunction
01/29/07	PC Auxiliary Clock System Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 28 claims under United States patent number 7,137,023 for its Auxiliary Alarm Clock System for the PC.
01/25/07	Low-Power Audio CD Player Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 10 claims under United States patent number 7,130,930 for its Low-Power Audio CD Player invention; a continuation of the invention issued June 2005 under United States patent number 6,895,448.
01/08/07	EEFL System Architecture Patent Granted to O₂Micro O₂Micro was issued 33 claims under United States patent number 7,126,289 for its External Electrode Fluorescent Lamp (EEFL) System Protection architecture.

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