The firm claims its sold 390 licences since March and has another 250 in test sites.

Its precise date of founding is not certain, but the firm claims to be over 100 years old.

The firm claims 1993 revenues of a few million dollars.

The firm claims an accuracy level of at least 95 percent.

Ted Happold died in 1996, but the firm claims to maintain his views on engineering and life.

For tax purposes, the firms had claimed some of the payments as trading losses.

He adds that some firms claim the candles are appropriate for use on children.

The firm claims that over five million trees have been planted.

For example, the filing said, the government did not try to keep Andersen personnel away from the grand jury, as the firm has claimed.

The firms involved, however, claim that biotechnology is needed to solve the food shortage.