On December 7th , 2004, the fast-growing USB flash drive industry witnesses another milestone in its intellectual properties: Netac Technology Co., Ltd. (www.netac.com) is authorized with core patent of USB Flash Drive (UFD) by U.S authority. It is the most prominant patent authorized ever in UFD industry in U.S.

The Patent, with patent number: US 6,829,672, named "ELECTRONIC FLASH MEMORY EXTERNAL STORAGE METHOD AND DEVICE" was applied to the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Deng Guoshun and Cheng Xiaohua, co-founders of Netac Technology Co., Ltd, from which most people first know UFD.

The Patent was authorized with reference to 15 U.S. and 4 existing international documents in mobile storage area, including 2 reference patents from M-Systems. Details of this patent could be referenced at the Patent Application Information Retrieval WEB site. (Http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/srchnum.htm)

With this patent in the U.S., it ends lots of disputes in the industry and further confirms Netac as the inventor of UFD.

According to Mr. Deng, Netac is inspired by the authorization of the U.S patent and will continue to seek for cooperation with partners around the world. The company will stick to its strategy in Intellectual Properties and maintain its role as the industry pacemaker and new technology powerhouse.
Netac, as the global leader in mobile storage industry, is dedicated to leading the industry with technology and standards. Since its foundation in May, 1999, Netac has invested Millions in developing leading technology and establishing industry standards in UFD industry.

Acquiring the USB Flash Drive Patent in the U.S is just one of the many achievements:
In 1999, Netac was founded and invented UFD the same year.
In 2001, Netac released driverless UFD and encrypted UFD, and the world's first bootable UFD.
In 2002, Netac was authorized UFD invention patent in China and released U-SAFE standard, and first USB2.0 UFD.
In 2003, Netac was authorized the 2nd and more patents and released its only UFD controller chip, the U-Chip I.
In 2004, Netac was authorized more and more patents in China, Korea and Japan.
Over the five years, Netac has filed more than 200 patents, most of which are in technology invention.