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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): APRIL 13, 1999
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-26944
CALIFORNIA 77-0225590
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
1171 SONORA COURT, SUNNYVALE, CA 94086
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Company's telephone number, including area code: (408) 735-9110
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. of Sunnyvale, California, ("SST")
announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Conti yesterday granted
SST summary judgment in an action filed by Atmel Corporation v. SST in
January of 1996 (C960039SC), that it does not infringe the claims of U.S.
patent 4,233,673. SST has now obtained summary judgment on four of the six
patents in suit.
"I am delighted with this latest development. The Judge's decision
validates what SST has maintained all along, that it's proprietary and
superior SuperFlash technology does not infringe any of Atmel's patents" said
Bing Yeh, SST's president and CEO.
The current status of the case, according to Daniel Johnson Jr, trial
attorney for SST, is that the case is now stayed pending the outcome of
Atmel's appeals of prior judgments granted in SST's favor. "We do not
anticipate any activity in this case for several months until the Federal
Circuit decides the appeals" he said.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: April 13, 1999
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By:
/s/ JEFFREY L. GARON
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Jeffrey L. Garon
Vice President Finance & Administration,
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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