Focus awarded patent

4 Oct 2005 07:00

Focus Solutions Group PLC04 October 2005 04 October 2005 Focus Solutions Group plc ("Focus" or "the Group") Focus protects its investment with a patent for technology Focus, a leading provider of customer management solutions to the financialservices market, has today announced that it has been awarded a UK patent thatprotects its investment in "goal:technology", Focus' market leading XML toolkit. The patent was granted on 28 September 2005 and is for the classification of'Electronic Data Capture and Verification for Electronic Forms'. The UK patentwas applied for in June 2002 and contained 35 claims of invention, all of whichhave been upheld. goal:technology has over 40,000 deployments in the UK. The new patent protectsFocus customer's use of the technology and the investment they have made inFocus' solutions. John Streets, Chief Executive, Focus Solutions Group commented; "We are very proud of our leading edge technology developments and being awardedthis patent is testament to all the innovation and hard work invested by Focusemployees. This patent is now a valuable intellectual asset for the Group, itsstakeholders and customers, protecting the £6m investment in goal:technologythat we have made over the past seven years." -END- Enquiries: Focus Solutions Group plc01926 468300 John Streets - Chief ExecutiveMartin Clements - Finance Director Seymour Pierce Limited0207 107 8000 Mark Percy/Jeremy Porter Notes to editors: About Focus Solutions Group plc Focus is a leading provider of customer management solutions for the financialservices industry. Focus' MCA (Multi-Channel Advice) approach, powered by goal:technology, delivers the life, pensions, mortgage and general insurance marketswith a single solution to enable effective electronic trading across multipledistribution channels, online or offline, achieving straight through electronictrading at a much reduced cost to the financial services industry. Focus has a blue chip customer base of financial services organisationsincluding Abbey for Intermediaries, Assurant Solutions, Barclays Bank PLC,Capital Home Loans Ltd, Home of Choice, Kensington Mortgages, Legal & General,Mortgages plc, Norwich Union, Paymentshield, Prudential, Scottish Equitable,Scottish Widows, Skandia UK Group, Standard Life and Zurich, as well as industryportals, including Assureweb, The Exchange, IFAengine, Trigold and Webline. For further information on Focus, please visit www.focus-solutions.co.uk. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange