Scanner Technologies Announces Court Decision in Litigation with ICOS Vision Systems N.V

Business Wire, May 24, 2007

MINNEAPOLIS -- Scanner Technologies Corporation (OTCBB:SCNI) announced today that a decision has been reached in its ongoing litigation with ICOS Vision Systems Corporation NV in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

In July of 2000, Scanner Technologies Corporation instituted an action against ICOS Vision Systems Corporation NV in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for infringement of two patents licensed to Scanner (U. S. Patent No. 6,064,756 and U. S. Patent No. 6,064,757). The patents relate to three-dimensional ball array inspection apparatus and method, respectively.

On May 22, 2007, the court found that the 6,064,756 and 6,064,757 patents are invalid because the claimed invention was obvious in view of prior art, the patents are unenforceable due to "inequitable conduct" before the U.S. Patent Office because they were accelerated based on allegations that ICOS studied Scanner's UltraVim Plus module and sold an infringing system, and that the ICOS equipment does not infringe the patents because the ICOS equipment does not use triangulation or a pre-calculated calibration plane.

Scanner is reviewing the decision and its options in responding to the court's decision.

About Scanner Technologies Corporation:

Scanner is a New Mexico corporation that invents, develops and markets vision inspection products that are used in the semiconductor industry for the inspection of integrated circuits. Scanner's headquarters are located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has a manufacturing facility in Tempe, Arizona. Scanner's stock is traded on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol "SCNI." For more information please visit www.scannertech.com.