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Chinese Patent Office grants fingerprint recognition hardware patent to SecuGen

Santa Clara, CA (December 28, 2004) - SecuGen Corporation announced that the Chinese Patent Office, under the State Intellectual Property Office of P. R. China, has granted SecuGen a patent for its key fingerprint recognition sensor hardware patent.

The patent entitled, "Method and Apparatus for Reduction of Trapezoidal Distortion and Improvement of Image Sharpness in an Optical Image Capturing System" covers the optic technology used in all SecuGen sensors, which are renowned for their very high durability, accuracy, performance, ruggedness and image quality.

"We are pleased to have been granted this patent after having established our products throughout the world as a leading provider in this emerging technology-based industry," said Won Lee, president and CEO of SecuGen. "SecuGen's hardware technology is at the core of our business, and this patent grant in China gives us a competitive advantage in a market that holds tremendous potential for the growth of our sales in the years ahead."

The patent has been granted to SecuGen Corporation as the sole assignee for a period of twenty years.

About SecuGen
SecuGen Corporation is the world's leading provider of advanced, optical fingerprint recognition technology, products, tools and platforms for physical and information security. SecuGen designs and develops proprietary and patented fingerprint sensors and algorithms and markets OEM components, developer kits, application software and fingerprint peripherals worldwide for a wide range of applications.

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