PATENT NOTICE

National Instruments Software Related Patents

      With respect to the National Instruments software product(s) being used, the 
following patents may apply:

LabVIEW
      The LabVIEW software is covered by one or more of the following Patents: 
United States Patent No(s).: 4,901,221; 4,914,568; 5,291,587; 5,301,301; 5,301,336; 
5,475,851; 5,481,740; 5,481,741; 5,497,500; 5,504,917; 5,583,988; 5,610,828; 5,652,909; 
5,732,277; 5,734,863; 5,737,622; 5,764,546; 5,784,275; 5,821,934; 5,847,953; 5,905,649; 
5,920,479; 5,966,532; 5,974,254; 5,987,246; 5,990,906; 6,053,951; 6,064,409; 6,064,812; 
6,064,816; 6,102,965; 6,138,270; 6,173,438; 6,282,699; 6,370,569; 6,411,987; 6,437,805; 
6,505,247; 6,526,566; 6,584,601; 6,690,981; 6,751,653; 6,874,148; 6,876,368; 6,880,130; 
6,954,904; 6,971,065; 6,976,222; 6,990,652; 7,000,190; 7,017,123; 7,024,631; 7,028,222; 
7,043,693; 7,043,696;
Design Patent No(s).:  D384050; D384051; D384052, D387750
      European Patent No(s).: 0242131; 1004072
      Japanese Patent No(s).: 3,016,783
      Canadian Patent No(s).:  1285655

LabVIEW FPGA Software/Hardware
	The LabVIEW FPGA software and hardware is covered by one or more of the 
following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,219,628; 6,311,149; 6,608,638; 6,934,667; 6,934,688; 
6,954,724; 6,961,686; 6,983,228; 6,993,466; 7,010,470; 7,016,811; 7,024,660; 7,028,222

LabVIEW Real Time
      The LabVIEW Real Time (LabVIEW-RT) software is covered by one or more of 
the following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,173,438; 6,715,139; 6,961,686; 6,993,466; 7,028,222

LabVIEW Signal Processing Toolset
      The LabVIEW Signal Processing Toolset is covered by one or more of the 
following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,353,233; 6,108,609; 6,434,515; 6,697,766; 6,882,958; 
6,965,068
	European Patent No(s).:  0632899
	Japanese Patent No(s).:  2,697,957

LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module
      The LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module is covered by one or 
more of the following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,966,532; 6,053,951; 6,721,677; 6,745,175

LabVIEW Sound and Vibration Analysis Toolkit
	The LabVIEW Sound and Vibration Analysis Toolkit is covered by one or more 
of the following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,721,673; 6,775,629

LabVIEW Spectral Measurements Toolkit
	The LabVIEW Spectral Measurements Toolkit is covered by one or more of the 
following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,721,673; 6,775,629

LabVIEW PID Control Toolset
      The LabVIEW PID Control Toolset is covered by one or more of the following 
Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,081,751; 6,317,637; 

LabVIEW Order Analysis Toolset
	The LabVIEW Order Analysis Toolset is covered by one or more of the following 
Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).: 6,332,116; 6,324,487; 6,366,862; 6,453,273; 6,477,472

Lookout
	The Lookout software is covered by one or more of the following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,411,987; 6,505,247

IVI Driver Toolset
      The IVI Driver Toolset is covered by one or more of the following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,963,726; 6,085,156; 6,223,134; 6,405,145; 6,418,392

Measurement Studio
      The Measurement Studio software is covered by one or more of the following 
Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,870,088; 5,974,257; 6,259,428; 6,370,569; 6,411,987;  
6,486,893; 6,505,247; 6,515,682; 6,542,166

LabWindows/CVI
	The LabWindows/CVI software is covered by one or more of the following 
Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,583,988; 6,370,569; 6,411,987; 6,505,247
      
TestStand
	The TestStand software is covered by one or more of the following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,401,220; 6,397,378; 6,473,707; 6,507,842; 6,577,981; 
6,754,850; 6,829,733; 6,868,508; 6,907,557; 6,971,084;

NI-VISA
      The NI-VISA software is covered by one or more of the following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,627,998; 5,640,572; 5,710,727; 5,717,614; 5,724,272; 
5,771,388; 5,847,955

NI-DAQ
      The NI-DAQ software is covered by one or more of the following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,619,702; 5,781,137; 5,781,138; 5,925,109; 5,926,775; 
5,974,257; 5,987,530; 6,016,112; 6,020,838; 6,049,298; 6,052,743; 6,067,584; 6,073,205; 
6,096,094; 6,148,438; 6,243,738; 6,349,274; 6,572,403; 6,839,777; 6,873,928; 6,879,926; 
6,944,606; 6,965,800;

NI-488
      The NI-488 or NI-488.2 (NI-GPIB) software is covered by one or more of the 
following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,958,028; 5,964,892; 5,974,541; 5,987,530; 6,073,205; 
6,393,493; 6,412,028; 6,633,937; 6,681,057 

NI Fieldbus
      The NI Fieldbus software, including one or more of the NI-FBUS Configurator 
software or the NI-FBUS Monitor software, is covered by one or more of the following 
Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,796,721; 5,850,523; 5,854,890; 5,971,581; 5,978,850; 
6,076,952; 6,141,596

NI-IMAQ
      The NI-IMAQ software is covered by one or more of the following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,012,109; 6,161,154
      
NI-CAN
	The NI-CAN software is covered by one or more of the following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,122,713; 6,845,416

NI-DNET
	The NI-DNET software is covered by one or more of the following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s),:  6,122,713

NI-SoftMotion
	The NI-SoftMotion software is covered by one or more of the following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s),:  6,865,441;

NI-Motion 
	The NI-Motion software is covered by one or more of the following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s),:  6,823,221; 6,820,032; 6,980,869

Serial Bus Related Software
	NI software which involves communication over a serial bus may be covered by 
one or more of the following patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s),:  5,987,530; 5,875,313; 5,937,175; 5,953,511; 6,073,205; 
6,839,777; 6,968,464; 7,043,565

Vision Processing Related Software
      The Vision processing related software (including IMAQ Vision) is covered by 
one or more of the following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,219,452; 6,222,940; 6,229,921; 6,256,625; 6,370,270; 
6,366,686; 6,493,079; 6,535,640; 6,615,158; 6,665,066; 6,665,335; 6,681,284; 6,757,428; 
6,931,633; 6,909,801; 6,917,710; 6,944,331; 6,950,552; 6,959,104; 6,963,425; 6,963,667; 
6,985,977; 7,013,047; 7,034,831; 7,039,229; 7,046,842
      
Vision Builder Software
	The Vision Builder software is covered by one or more of the following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,763,515
      
MatrixX
	The MatrixX software is covered by one or more of the following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  4,796,179; 5,133,045; 5,612,866; 4,901,221; 4,914,568; 
5,291,587; 5,301,336

IEEE 1394 Related Software
	The IEEE 1394 related software is covered by one or more of the following 
Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,640,312;

Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX)
	The MAX software is covered by one or more of the following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,690,390

PXI Configurator
      The PXI Configurator software is covered by one or more of the following 
Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,985,876
      
Switch Executive Software
      The Switch Executive software is covered by one or more of the following 
Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  7,017,138

LABVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit
	The LABVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit has numerous patents pending

Diadem
	The Diadem software is covered by one or more of the following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,886,165; 6,934,783

SoftWire
	The SoftWire software is covered by one or more of the following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,425,120; 6,425,121; 6,684,385; 6,701,513

Electronics Workbench
	 The Electronics Workbench software is covered by one or more of the following 
Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,560,572


National Instruments Hardware Related Patents

      With respect to the National Instruments hardware product(s) being used, the 
following patents may apply:

PCI, CompactPCI, PXI, VXI, IEEE 1394, and USB Hardware Products
      National Instruments hardware products that interface to one or more of PCI, 
CompactPCI, PXI, VXI, IEEE 1394, and USB are covered by one or more of the 
following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,659,749; 5,664,092; 5,678,063; 5,686,917; 5,694,333; 
6,098,124; 6,608,755

Modular Instruments
      National Instruments modular instruments are covered by one or more of the 
following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,957,239 (arbitrary waveform generator); 

IEEE 1394 Hardware Products
      National Instruments hardware products implementing IEEE 1394, including 
DAQ, GPIB and VXI hardware products implementing IEEE 1394, are covered by one or 
more of the following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,875,313; 5,937,175; 5,953,511; 6,418,504; 6,425,033

Flex Hardware Products
      National Instruments “flexible resolution” (“Flex”) products are covered by one 
or more of the following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,734,261; 5,781,137; 5,781,138; 5,955,979; 6,016,112; 
6,020,838; 6,049,298; 6,232,897; 6,359,575

Measurement Hardware Products
      National Instruments measurement hardware products (including data acquisition 
(DAQ), computer-based instruments, and signal sources) are covered by one or more of 
the following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,313,622; 5,533,037; 5,646,620; 5,648,918; 5,654,654; 
5,734,261; 5,751,536; 5,765,949; 5,781,137; 5,781,138; 5,841,383; 5,842,006; 5,886,660; 
5,909,660; 5,935,466; 5,955,979; 5,980,298; 6,016,112; 6,020,838; 6,049,298; 6,098,124; 
6,140,859; 6,166,673; 6,188,347; 6,232,831; 6,232,897; 6,243,034; 6,249,125; 6,285,095; 
6,323,792; 6,311,149; 6,359,946; 6,373,423; 6,380,874; 6,459,707; 6,513,086; 6,529,355; 
6,542,838; 6,583,741; 6,594,612; 6,608,516; 6,970,118; 6,989,663; 7,016,796; 7,042,376;

GPIB Hardware Products
      National Instruments GPIB hardware products are covered by one or more of the 
following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,287,528; 5,315,706; 5,572,525; 5,572,684; 5,649,123; 
5,649,129; 5,734,876; 5,815,690; 5,896,552; 6,038,617 
      European Patent No(s).: 0465221

Vision / IMAQ Hardware Products
      National Instruments Vision or IMAQ hardware products are covered by one or 
more of the following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,313,622; 5,842,006; 6,012,109; 6,161,154; 6,720,968; 
6,970,182; 6,971,066

VXI Hardware Products
      National Instruments VXI hardware products are covered by one or more of the 
following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,748,916; 5,796,963; 5,822,554; 5,995,376; 6,075,690; 
5,850,571
      
FieldPoint Products
      National Instruments FieldPoint products are covered by one or more of the 
following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,065,068; 6,098,117; 6,175,932; 6,182,179; 6,226,762; 
6,411,987; 6,505,247
      Design Patent No(s).:  D417198

Fieldbus Hardware Products
      National Instruments Fieldbus hardware products (including Foundation Fieldbus, 
CAN and DeviceNet) are covered by one or more of the following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  5,938,754

MXI-3 and MXI-4 Module Products
	National Instruments MXI-3 and MXI-4 Module products are covered by one or 
more of the following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,425,033; 6,418,504; 6,950,440; 6,968,464

CompactRIO Products
      National Instruments CompactRIO products are covered by one or more of the 
following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,823,283
      
PXI Express
	National Instruments PXI Express products are covered by one or more of the 
following Patents:
	U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,981,086; 6,941,390

PC Cards
      PC Cards manufactured and/or sold by National Instruments are licensed under 
one or more of the following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  4,603,320; 4,972,470
      
NI-ELVIS
      The NI-ELVIS product is covered by one or more of the following Patents:
      U.S. Patent No(s).:  6,895,563


Other U.S. and International Patents Pending