OERLIKON UNIT REJECTS DUTCH PATENT CHARGES
Oerlikon-Buehrle Holding AG <OEBZ.Z> unit
<Contraves AG> unequivocally rejects charges by NV Philips
Gloeilampenfabrieken <PGLO.AS> subsidiary <Hollandse
Signaalapparaten BV> that it violated patent rights in a radar
system developed by the latter, a Contraves official said.
    Max Baumann, a member of the Contraves board, told Reuters
his company was awaiting judgement in the case before a Zurich
court "quite calmly," but he declined to discuss it in detail.
    Signaal claims Contraves included the Dutch firm's patented
X/KA double-frequency radar in an anti-aircraft system. Baumann
said he expected judgement to take several months at least.
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