KIC Press Release June 3, 2003 - KIC Announces an Additional Profiling Patent

(San Diego, CA -- June 3, 2003) : KIC, the world‘s leader of thermal process optimization and thermal monitoring systems and winner of multiple SMT Vision awards, announces the honor of having yet another patent awarded to them.

On May 6, 2003, KIC was issued U.S. Patent #6,560,514, which covers the Oven Recipe Search Engine software. This brings the total to four U.S. patents that have been issued over the last two years on KIC‘s latest generation of oven setup and oven monitoring systems (#6,283,379, #6,453,219, 6,470,239 and now #6,560,514).

"With this new technology, we are able to identify all of the alternative oven setups and select the single best oven recipe in a matter of seconds," said President Bjorn Dahle. "Such a capability has proven hugely important for electronics manufacturers to improve both quality and productivity. Once these manufacturers convert to lead-free electronics, the Oven Recipe Search Engine becomes a necessity."

Being awarded these four patents is very significant in today‘s industry and further illustrates KIC‘s expertise as the leading provider of thermal profiling software and the manufacturer of innovative products and services designed to improve a variety of thermal monitoring, profiling and process control applications.

About KIC
Based in San Diego, KIC is the industry leader in automated thermal management tools and systems for reflow, wave, cure and semiconductor thermal processes. The company pioneered the development of oven profilers and process development tools. KIC remains on the leading edge of the thermal industry with innovative tools for process development, optimization and real-time management.