PATENT SCHEDULE of granted patents and published patent applications

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1 Updated PATENT SCHEDULE of granted patents and published patent applications Introduction Contra Vision Ltd is an intellectual property company which sells its see-through graphic inventions and licenses patents, trade marks and secret know-how related to one-way vision and other vision control panels. Its Vision Management System is based on two dominant patent families for the two basic types of see-through graphics: US RE37,186, GB and family member patents in 21 countries. These typically expired in July These patents disclose Contra Vision panels with an opaque "print pattern" ("silhouette pattern") on which is superimposed a design, the design being visible from one side of the panel but not from the other side of the panel. Although now expired, nearly all the vision control products that were covered by these patents continue to be covered by our improvement patents in the following schedule. US 6,212,805, EP and family member patents in 17 countries. Contra Vision BACKLITE panels with a translucent "print pattern" ("base pattern") on which is superimposed a design visible from one side, a reverse (mirror) image of which is typically visible from the other side, which are capable of rear illumination or rear projection. The patent portfolio includes many improvement patents and patent applications for see-through graphic products and their methods of production. Contra Vision Ltd welcomes questions on its patent portfolio and how patents cover particular vision control panels UK Page 1

2 CONTRA VISION LTD PATENT SCHEDULE Updated PATENT FAMILY TITLE COMMENTS 0. GB 2,118,096 Transparent Panel (Safe-Screen ) (expired) One-way vision, no graphic 1. US RE37,186 Unidirectional Panel (Contra Vision ) (expired) Dominant Patent, Type A products 2. US 6,212,805 Panel with Light Permeable Images Dominant Patent, Type B products (Contra Vision BACKLITE ) 3. US 4,925,705 Improvements in or relating to printing (expired) exact registration printing 4. US 5,858,155 Method of Forming a Perforated Adhesive Assembly Replacement Liner 5. US 6,210,776 Partial Printing of a Substrate (Through Combination) Overlap Registration System (ORS ) 6. US 6,552,820 Partial Printing of a Substrate (lapsed) Print Pattern Trip Method (ORS ) 7. US 7,087,291 Partial Printing of a Substrate with Overlap Registration System Edge Sealed Printed Portions 8. US 6,267,052 Printing with Differential Receptivity exact registration printing 9. US RE43,855 Printing with Differential Adhesion exact registration printing 10. US 6,824,639 Partial Imaging of a Substrate with Superimposed Layers ceramic ink ablation 11. GB 2,375,449 Public Telephone Structure with Security Camera UK only 12. EP 1,549,498 Glass Panels Partially Printed with Ceramic Ink ceramic ink frit-loaded Layers in Registration 13. GB 2,411,512 Illumination Assembly (at payphone kiosks) (abandoned) UK only 14. US 8,500,268 UV Inkjet Printing of Vision Control Panels UV inkjet (ORS ) 15. US 8,136,278 Electroluminescent One-way Vision Panel Contra Vision EL sign system 16. US 11/485,963 Method of Providing See-through Business Method Advertisements on Retail Display Cabinet Doors 17. PCT/IB2006/ Method of Making a Vision Control Panel using Cut Film Contra Vision Stripes 18. EP 2,001,668 Partial Printing of a Substrate using Metallization PPM Type I exact registration 19. EP 2,097,269 Improvements to Printing Superimposed Layers PPM Type II exact registration 20. PCT/IB2008/ Inkjet Printing Partially Imaged Panels with Cylindrical UV Inkjet (ORS ) Superimposed Layers (lapsed) 21. US 8,245,424 Alternating Sign Contra Vision AS sign system 22. US 8,065,829 Sign Assembly Trapeze sign system 23. US 8,394,477 Vision Control Panel Assembly with a Contrasting Grayliner (all technologies) Colored Liner 24. EP 2,370,268 Printing Layers of Ceramic Ink in ceramic ink stencil method Registration by Differential Ink Medium Thermal and 2 other methods. Expulsion 25. PCT/IB2012/ Open Perforated Material and Method of Imaging To WYSIWYG when printed Form a Vision Control Panel 26. PCT/IB2013/ Perforated Adhesive Assembly with Removable Non-Perforated Bonding Layer. Page 2

3 Note: expired or abandoned patents in italics APPLICATION TITLE DATE FILE PUBLICATION APPL. PATENT PATENT 2. Contra Vision BACKLITE (inventor G Roland Hill) GB Panel with Light Permeable Images PCT/GB97/00020 Panel with Light WO97/ Permeable Images Australia 13864/97 Panel with Light AU Permeable Images Australia 72075/00 (Divisional) AU Acceptance no ( ) Canada CA EPC Panel with Light Permeable Images EP Austria " Belgium " Denmark " Eire " France " Germany " Italy " Netherlands " Portugal " Spain " ES T3 Sweden " Switzerland/ " Liechtenstein United Kingdom " Japan / JP USA 09/101, US6,212, Contra Vision BACKLITE is a trade mark of Contra Vision Ltd This is the dominant patent for one-way vision, see-through graphics, with a translucent "base pattern", manufactured by any method. Page 3

4 3. EXAPRINT (inventor G. Roland Hill) See Expired Patents 4. REPLACEMENT LINER Perforated Materials (inventors G Roland Hill and W Voss) GB Perforated Adhesive Assembly PCT/GB96/00002 " WO96/ Australia 43120/96 " AU Canada " CA EPC Method of Forming a EP Perforated Adhesive Assembly Austria " Belgium " Denmark " France " Germany " Greece " Eire " Italy " Netherlands " Portugal " Spain " Sweden " Switzerland " United Kingdom " Japan /96 Perforated JP Adhesive Assembly USA 08/849,054 Method of Forming a US5,858, Perforated Adhesive Assembly Page 4

5 5. Contra Vision ORS THROUGH COMBINATION Method (inventor G Roland Hill) GB Partial Printing of a Substrate PCT/GB96/02600 Partial Printing WO97/ of a Substrate Australia 73169/96 Partial Printing AU of a Substrate EPC Partial Printing EP of a substrate Austria " Belgium " Denmark " Eire " Finland " France " Germany " DE T2 Greece " Italy " Netherlands " Portugal " Spain " ES T3 Sweden " Switzerland " United Kingdom " USA 09/051,921 Partial Printing US6,210, of a substrate 6. PRINT PATTERN TRIP Method (inventor G Roland Hill) Decision taken to lapse. 7. Contra Vision ORS EDGE SEALED Method (inventor G. Roland Hill) PCT/IB02/01549 Partial Printing WO02/ of a Substrate with Edge Sealed Printed Portions South Africa 2002/7417 " ZA2002/ Australia " AU EPC Partial Printing EP of a Substrate with Edge Sealed Printed Portions France " Germany " United Kingdom " USA 09/764,276 Partial Printing US6,506,475B of a Substrate with Reissued as Edge Sealed RE40, Printed Portions USA 10/466, US2004/ US7,087, Page 5

6 8. Printing with DIFFERENTIAL RECEPTIVITY (inventors G. Roland Hill and M.D. Godden) PCT/GB97/01175 Printing with Differential Receptivity PCT/GB97/02788 Method for Forming WO98/ Durable Images on Substrates EPC Method for Forming EP Durable Images on Substrates United Kingdom Method for Forming EP Durable Images on Substrates USA 09/297,020 Printing with US6,267, Differential Receptivity 9. Printing with DIFFERENTIAL ADHESION (inventors G. Roland Hill and C. Parry) (UV ink) Provisional Application No USA 60/350,018 Printing with Differential Adhesion USA 10/349,169 Printing with US2004/ US6,899, Differential Adhesion Reissued as RE43, PCT/IB03/00555 Printing with WO03/61970 Differential Adhesion EP Printing with EP EP Differential Adhesion United Kingdom " EP Page 6

7 10. CERAMIC INK REMOVAL Printing Methods (inventors G. Roland Hill and A.W.N. Clare) USA 60/118,480 Partial Imaging of a Substrate with Superimposed Layers USA 09/890,570 " US6,824, PCT/IB00/00267 Partial Imaging of a WO00/ Substrate with Superimposed Layers Australia 28223/00 Partial Imaging of a AU AU Substrate with Superimposed Layers Canada " CA South Africa 2001/6411 " ZA2001/ GB Partial Imaging of a GB GB Substrate with Superimposed Layers 11. SURVEILLANCE CAMERA Assembly (inventor G. Roland Hill) GB GB Public Telephone A GB Structure with Security Camera Page 7

8 12. FRIT-LOADED CERAMIC INK Print Pattern (inventors G Roland Hill and H Quinn) GB Glass Panels Partially Printed with Ceramic Ink Layers in Registration PCT/GB2003/ Glass Panels Partially WO04/ Printed with Ceramic Ink Layers in Registration 10/529,367 Glass Panels Partially US2006/ US8,784, (USA) Printed with Ceramic Ink Layers in Registration 2,500,406 Glass Panels Partially CA (Canada) Printed with Ceramic Ink Layers in Registration PCT/GB2003/ Glass Panels Partially AU AU (Australia) Printed with Ceramic Ink Layers in Registration PCT/GB2003/ Glass Panels Partially ZA2005/ (South Africa) Printed with Ceramic Ink Layers in Registration EP Glass Panels Partially EP EP Printed with Ceramic Ink Layers in Registration Austria " Belgium " France " Germany " Spain " United Kingdom " ILLUMINATION DEVICE (inventor G Roland Hill) Decision taken to lapse Page 8

9 14. UV INKJET Printing of Vision Control Panels (inventor G Roland Hill) GB UV Inkjet Printing of Vision Control Panels PCT/GB2006/ " WO2006/ Australia " AU AU Canada 2,598,466 " CA CA EP " EP Japan " (new divisional) JP South Africa 2007/6940 " ZA ZA USA 11/816,765 " US2008/ US8,500, ELECTROLUMINESCENT ONE-WAY VISION PANEL (inventors G Roland Hill and C Parry) GB Electroluminescent One-Way Vision Panel PCT/GB2006/ " WO2007/ EP " EP EP United Kingdom " USA 12/065,826 " US2009/ US8,136, BUSINESS METHOD of Providing See-through Advertisements on Retail Cabinet Doors (inventor G Roland Hill) USA 60/698,942 Business Method of Providing See-through Advertisements on Retail Cabinet Doors USA 11/485,963 " US2007/ Page 9

10 17. Method of Making a Vision Control Panel using CUT FILM (inventor G Roland Hill) PCT/IB2006/ Method of Making WO2007/ a Vision Control Panel using Cut Film EP " EP Australia " AU AU Japan " JP JP South Africa 2008/0363 " ZA Partial Printing of a Substrate using METALLIZATION (inventors G Roland Hill and A J Voss) PCT/IB2007/ Partial Imaging of a WO2007/ Substrate using Metallization EP " EP EP Austria " Germany " United Kingdom " PPM TYPE II Improvements to Printing Superimposed Layers (inventor G Roland Hill) USA 60/858,697 Improvements to Printing Superimposed Layers USA 12/514,714 " US2010/ PCT/IB2007/ " WO2008/ Australia " AU AU B Brazil PI " BRPI China X " CN A ZL X EP EP EP Belgium " France " Germany " Ireland " Netherlands " Sweden " Switzerland " United Kingdom " India South Africa 2009/03532 " ZA2009/ Page 10

11 20. CYLINDRICAL INKJET Printing Partially Imaged Panels with Superimposed Layers (inventors G Roland Hill and Phill Reynolds) Decision taken to lapse 21. ALTERNATING SIGN Assembly (inventor G Roland Hill) USA 60/895,015 Alternating Sign USA 12/531,333 Alternating Sign US2010/ US8,245, PCT/IB2008/ " WO2008/ EP " EP EP France " Germany " United Kingdom " TRAP SIGN Assembly (inventor G Roland Hill) USA 60/938,576 Sign Assembly USA 12/122,007 " US2008/ US8,065, GB " GB GB2,449, Grayliner CONTRASTING COLORED LINER Vision Control Panels (inventors G Roland Hill and Mark Godden) USA 60/941,882 Vision Control Panel Assembly with a Contrasting Colored Liner USA 12/663,184 " US2010/ US8,394, PCT/IB2008/ " WO2008/ Australia " AU AU Canada " CA EP (new div. app) EP Japan " JP China " CN B ZL Hong Kong HK Page 11

12 24. Printing superimposed layers of ceramic ink in substantially exact registration by DIFFERENTIAL INK MEDIUM THERMAL EXPULSION (inventors G. Roland Hill, R. Schroeder, G. Eaton) GB Printing Layers of Ceramic Ink in Registration by Differential Ink Medium Thermal Expulsion PCT/GB2009/ " WO2010/ Australia AU AU Canada CA EP " EP EP Austria " Belgium " Denmark " France " Germany " Ireland " Italy " Netherlands " Portugal " Spain " Sweden " Switzerland " United Kingdom " Japan " JP JP (new divisional) " JP JP South Africa 2011/05561 " ZA2011/ USA 13/142,680 " US2012/ OPEN PERForated Material and Method of Imaging to Form a Vision Control Panel (Inventors: G. Roland Hill and Mark David Godden) USA 61/505,829 Open Perforated Material and Method of Imaging to Form a Vision Control Panel USA 14/131,139 " US2014/ PCT/IB2012/ " WO Australia " AU Canada " CA China " CN A EP " EP Page 12

13 26. Perforated Adhesive Assembly with REMOVABLE Non-Perforated BONDING LAYER. (Inventors: G. Roland Hill and Mark David Godden) USA 61/651,929 Perforated Adhesive Assembly with Removable Bonding Layer PCT/IB2013/ Perforated Adhesive WO Assembly with Removable Non-Perforated Bonding Layer Page 13

14 EXPIRED PATENTS APPLICATION TITLE DATE FILE PUBLICATION APPL. PATENT PATENT NO. FILED NO. NO. PUBLISHED NO GRANTED 1. CONTRA VISION * (inventor G. Roland Hill) GB Transparent Panel (1) GB Transparent Panel (2) GB Panel (3) C Amended GB Patent - registered in the following countries: Bahrain Registered on BP 979 Cyprus Registered on Hong Kong Registered on /89 Singapore Registered on /89 Australia 45254/85 Panel Amendment allowed Canada Panel EPC Panel Austria Registered on Belgium Registered on France Registered on Germany Registered on Italy Registered on Netherlands Registered on Sweden Registered on Switzerland Registered on (& Liechtenstein) Spain Panel Japan /85 Panel Japan 40039/92 Panel Japan /95 Panel South Africa Panel / Amendment allowed Taiwan Panel USA Unidirectional Panel , ,673, Reexamination Certificate issued Reissue Patent RE37, Contra Vision is a trade mark of Contra Vision Ltd This was the dominant patent for one-way vision, see-through graphics, with an opaque "silhouette pattern", manufactured by any method. Page 14

15 EXPIRED PATENTS APPLICATION TITLE DATE FILE PUBLICATION APPL. PATENT PATENT NO. FILED NO. NO. PUBLISHED NO GRANTED 0. SAFE-SCREEN with 2 uniform colours (no design) GB Transparent Panel (1) GB Transparent Panel (2) EXAPRINT GB Improvements in or GB relating to printing Australia 66930/86 " / Canada , EPC " Austria Registered on E82198 Belgium Registered on France Registered on Germany Registered on Italy Registered on Netherlands Registered on Spain Registered on Sweden Registered on Switzerland Registered on (& Liechtenstein) Japan /86 Improvements in or / relating to printing Japan /94 " South Africa 86/9669 " / / Taiwan " USA 945,849 " ,849 B1 4,925, Reexamination Certificate issued *Exact registration printing, including 15 security printing applications The listing of a patent or application on this schedule is for inventory purposes only and does not constitute a representation or warranty as to any matter, including, but not limited to, claim scope, validity, enforceability, filing date, priority date, status (pending, abandoned, opposed, granted, expired) or relationship to any other patents or applications, listed or otherwise. Page 15