USPTO Declines to Reexamine Claims of VirnetX's U.S. Patent No. 7,188

VirnetX® Holding Corporation, an Internet security software and research company, today announced that, on December 17, 2011, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued an order denying the request for inter partes reexamination of its U.S. Patent No. 7,188,180 filed by Cisco Systems, Inc. on October 25, 2011. 

The '180 patent is one of many patents in VirnetX's patent portfolio relating to establishing secure network communications.

Internet security software

VirnetX Holding Corporation is an Internet security software and research company with patented research for 4G LTE security. The Company's software and innovation solutions, including its secure domain name registry and GABRIEL Connection Technology™, are designed to facilitate secure communications and to create a secure environment for real-time communication applications just as instant messaging, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), smart phones, eReaders and video conferencing. The Company's patent portfolio includes 20 U.S. and 20 international patents and over 100 pending applications. For more information, please visit www.virnetx.com.