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and trademarks because it is directed at important features of
our Rapid Drug Screen drug test kit and thus provides even more
protection for our unique, single-step testing products," commented
ABMC Chairman and CEO Stan Cipkowski.
The utility patent covers the test kit in which the testing card
is inserted through a security-sealed slit in the lid of the sample
cup. This distinguishes ABMC's test from other products on the market
that require the test administrator to add reagents, use a pipette
to transfer the urine sample or mix, tilt, or stir the mixture.
Management explained that its newly patented utility feature confirms
the Rapid Drug Screen as the safest on-site drug test commercially
available, since competitive products introduce the possibility
for exposure of the test administrator to the urine specimen.
"With our new utility patent, we are in an even better position
to address and deal with copycat products," added Cipkowski. "This
strengthens our existing patent infringement and trademark dilution
cases, and enables us to pursue firms that are infringing upon our
utility patent. Ultimately, eliminating infringement will strengthen
our industry presence and allow ABMC to capitalize upon its competitive
testing advantages."
The Rapid Drug Screen single-step tests for substances of abuse
generate results in five minutes and are unrivaled for ease of use.
The most secure and flexible total testing system on the market,
ABMC's on-site tests simultaneously screen for the presence or absence
of up to nine illicit drugs.
Call Melissa Decker @ 800-227-1243 or 518-758-8185, fax 518-758-8171,
e-mail melissa@americanbiomedica.com, or write 122 Smith Rd., Kinderhook,
NY 12106 www.americanbiomedica.com [R-6; M-6; L-8]
CellPoint Inc. (NASDAQ/CLPT -- formerly Technor International
Inc. on the OTC Bulletin Board as TNOR -- CS 9/98) on 11/11/99 announced
the commercial availability of positioning services for standard
cellular phones. CellPoint uses a standard phone & an Internet connection,
things most companies already have, making the service suitable
for volume sales. All companies can afford to benefit from using
positioning services, including routing their vehicles & personnel
more effectively. CellPoint can offer its service at a low cost,
because no major investment has to be made by users. Now available
in Sweden, the service will soon be available throughout the world.
Call TNOR's North American representative, Anthony J. Castagno,
The Rowe Group @ 877-880-1195 ajc@rowe-group.com www.technorinc.com
[R-6; M-7; L-8]
Conestoga Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ NMS/CENI -- CS Sneak
10/99) reported Q3 revenues of $17,827,000, with net income of $634,000.
Revenues for the nine month period were $52.3 million, with net
income $3,370,000. The net was down due to investment in the expansion
of Conestoga Wireless Company (CWC) & its Personal Communications
Service. CWC added 1,300 new subscribers, bringing its total to
over 7,300 subscribers, a 21% increase in one quarter. CWC added
six new towers in the quarter; 12 during 1999.
Conestoga Communications, Inc. (CCI), which provides long distance
& competitive local exchange services, increased its long distance
customers to over 23,000 as of 9/30/99, adding over 2,000 new customers
& increasing its local exchange services lines 31.4% during Q3.
On 11/4/99, CENI agreed to
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acquire TeleBeam, Inc. for $27.5 million (assumption of TeleBeam's
debt plus 715,000 shares & $350,000 cash). Call Donald R. Breitenstein,
controller @ 610-582-6226, fax 610-582-6338, e-mail dbreiten@ceni.com,
or write CENI @ 202 East First St., Birdsboro, PA 19508 www.ceni.com
[R-7; M-6; L-7]
DCH Technology, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board/DCHT -- CS 6/99)
had its Form 10SB accepted by the SEC, making it a fully reporting
company. DCHT has been in the news. Steve Lawrence in The Associated
Press wrote 10/28/99:
California's anti-smog chief is predicting that clean-running
motor vehicles powered by fuel cells will play a significant role
in efforts to clean up California's skies. "I feel very optimistic,"
Air Resources Board chairman Alan Lloyd said Wednesday after speaking
at a conference on fuel cell technology. Fuel cells, developed for
use in space craft, produce electricity through a chemical reaction
involving hydrogen and oxygen that provides power along with little
or no pollution.
Some supporters see fuel-cell vehicles as a more driver-friendly
alternative to gasoline-powered autos than battery-run electric
cars, which have limited driving ranges between rechargings. Instead
of taking hours to recharge, fuel-cell cars could fill up with hydrogen
or a hydrogen-producing fuel at a service station. "I think fuel
cells will play a significant part of the solution, but they are
not going to be the complete solution. We also see advances in other
technologies," Lloyd said, mentioning improvements in batteries.
There have been several recent signs that automakers are getting
ready to market fuel-cell vehicles. Gov. Gray Davis announced last
April that a consortium that includes Ford, DaimlerChrysler and
three major oil companies would road-test up to 50 fuel-cell cars
and 20 buses on California roads over the next few years. Volkswagen
and Honda joined the group earlier this month. Ford and DaimlerChrysler
said at the time the tests were announced that they planned to put
fuel-cell-powered vehicles on the market by 2004.
Toyota Motor Corp. hopes to beat that date. The Japanese auto
maker announced in June that it plans to mass-produce fuel-cell
vehicles in 2003. And earlier this month, Nippon Mitsubishi Oil
Corp. said it had agreed to conduct research and develop fuel-cell
vehicles with the Japanese subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler. Lloyd
said the auto companies "are not doing this on a whim. They see
markets."
One key factor that may be encouraging the companies is a state
regulation requiring that 10% of the new cars sold in California
starting in 2003 have to emit little or no pollution. Glen Rambach,
a research engineer at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, was
even more optimistic about the potential of fuel cells, predicting
a "decade of the fuel cell." "Sit tight, buckle up and hang on,"
he told conference participants.
"I think it's going to be one heck of a ride over the next
10 years." But another conference speaker, former Pennsylvania
Congressman Robert Walker, said fuel-cell advocates have to convince
the public, government policy-makers and potential investors that
fuel cells are a ready technology. He suggested asking a celebrity
to take a fuel-cell car on a 500-mile drive, taking reporters on
a cross-country trip in a fuel-cell bus, lighting up part of the
Las Vegas Strip with fuel cells, or convincing Disney World to include
a fuel-cell-powered house in its attractions.
Such tactics will tell the public "something is happening that
they should pay attention to," he said. "When the public
pays attention to it, policy makers pay attention to it. When policy
makers pay attention to it, Wall Street pays attention. The moment
this becomes the next generation of high-tech investment I think
it will take off like gangbusters," he said.
DCHT just received a $2.4 million contract for hydrogen sensors
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