Hand Held Products Joins Intermec RFID Rapid Start Licensing Program; Cross-Licensing Agreement Promises Continued RFID Innovation

SKANEATELES FALLS, N.Y. and EVERETT, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2005--Hand Held Products, a leader in image-based mobile data collection systems, and Intermec Technologies Corporation, a leader in innovative identification technologies, have agreed to cross-license portions of their RFID intellectual property portfolios. Hand Held Products recently joined Intermec's Rapid Start Licensing Program, gaining full access to Intermec's reader portfolio of patented RFID technology. In return, Intermec will have access to Hand Held Products' RFID-related patents

Hand Held Products is a leading manufacturer of data collection and communication solutions designed specifically for mobile, in-premise, and transaction processing applications in the retail, transportation, parcel delivery, warehousing, manufacturing, government, and healthcare markets. The company's image-based data collection products are lead by its exclusive Adaptus(TM) Imaging Technology and offer the end-user unsurpassed versatility and value by delivering performance well beyond basic bar code reading.

“Through our partnership with Intermec, we will continue to improve and adopt cutting edge technologies so that we can respond to short term customer needs as well as their long-term goals.”

Intermec holds more than 145 RFID patents covering broad areas of UHF supply chain RFID practice and applications. Its patents cover all standards and classes for international practice of RFID, including Class 0, Class 0+, Class 1, UHF Generation 2, ISO and others. The company's Rapid Start Licensing Program, which concluded August 31, was designed to open access to Intermec's current and future RFID technology innovations and to clearly indicate to the marketplace which manufacturers and vendors are licensed to use Intermec's patented RFID technologies.

"RFID adoption will broaden with the alignment of complimentary and trusted technologies that have been a mainstay in supply chains around the world, including bar-code scanning and imaging," said Kevin Jost, Hand Held Products' CEO. "Through our partnership with Intermec, we will continue to improve and adopt cutting edge technologies so that we can respond to short term customer needs as well as their long-term goals."

About Hand Held Products

Established in 1972, Hand Held Products is the world's leading provider of image-based data collection products, lead by its exclusive Adaptus(TM) Imaging Technology. With operations throughout the world, Hand Held Products is dedicated to solving business challenges based on a thorough understanding of each customer's unique requirements and goals.

For more information on Hand Held Products visit our Company's Web site www.handheld.com.

About Intermec

Intermec Technologies Corp., a UNOVA Inc. company, develops, manufactures and integrates technologies that identify, track and manage supply chain assets. Core technologies include Intellitag(R) RFID, mobile computing systems, bar code printers and label media. The company's products and services are used by customers in many industries worldwide to improve the productivity, quality and responsiveness of business operations.

This material contains forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in this publication. While Hand Held Products believes its statements to be reliable, all information/projections/statements/opinions expressed herein are based on information available as of the date of publication and are subject to change without notice.