Thomas J. Campana Jr.

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Thomas J. Campana Jr. was awarded about 50 patents in his 30 year career. He was a lead inventor on NTP Inc. patents covering a push email technology that NTP claimed was incorporated into Research in Motion's BlackBerry(tm) mobile email devices. NTP took Research in Motion to court in the United States. In 2006, Research in Motion payed $615 million dollars to settle the case and obtain a license to the patents for themselves and their affiliates and users. A key patent in the case was rejected by the United States Patent Office that same year.

Mr. Campana passed away from cancer in 2004 before the RIM case was settled.

Another notable invention of his was a wireless location technology that helps parents find their kids. He received first prize at the 1996 Consumer Electronics Show for this technology.

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• Key Figure in Blackberry Case Dies
• Patent office issues final rejection of NTP patent