All patents remaining in dispute <A HREF="http://www.rim.com/news/press/2006/pr-24_02_2006-01.shtml">have been rejected.</A> Research In Motion confirmed that it has received a copy of a Final Office Action issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the ex parte reexamination of NTP, Patent #5,436,960. This Final Office Action maintains the outright and complete rejection of all claims in the patent. All of the 3 patents remaining in dispute in the NTP vs. RIM litigation have now been rejected based in part on prior art not considered in the 2002 trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Although NTP may appeal, the rejections reflect the final opinion of the Patent Office's Central Reexamination Unit that the 3 patents at issue in this case are invalid.