The four icons, which are currently used in NetObjects Fusion™, were invented by NetObjects CEO and Founder, Samir Arora, and his colleagues Clement Mok, Victor B. Zauderer, and Susan Kare. NetObjects applied for the design patents in 1996 and was awarded them after the Patent Office determined the icons to be novel and non-obvious.

"Having title to these patents protects and ensures the integrity of NetObjects products and helps us to strengthen our position in the Web site building software market," said Samir Arora.

Under United States law, NetObjects has the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the designs throughout the United States, or importing the designs into the U.S. for the term of fourteen years from the date of grant.

NetObjects has been granted the following ornamental design patent numbers: Des. 397,103 for an Assets function of a World Wide Web page editor or the like; Des. 395,427, Des. 397,687 and Des. 395,428 for a computer icons for a display screen.

About NetObjects
NetObjects, Inc. is a privately-held company that is funded by IBM, Perseus LLC, AT&T Ventures, Norwest Venture Capital, Venrock Associates, Rae Technology LLC and private investors. The NetObjects product family consists of NetObjects Fusion Personal Edition, NetObjects Fusion 3.0, NetObjects Authoring Server Suite, NetObjects ScriptBuilder™ 2.0 and NetObjects BeanBuilder™. NetObjects develops and markets award-winning Web site building software for businesses.