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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
November 23, 2004
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-8696 36-2664428
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation) File Number ) Identification No.)
1960 Bronson Road, Fairfield, Connecticut 06824
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(203) 255-6044
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On November 23, 2004, Competitive Technologies, Inc. ("CTT")
announced that a homocysteine assay license had been granted to
Diagnostics Products Corp. ("DPC") under CTT's U.S. Patent Number
4,940,658 relating to homocysteine medical tests. Pursuant to the
license, DPC will pay CTT a license fee of $1.375 million (which CTT
will share with its client according to the terms of its license
agreement), releasing DPC's customers of any obligation to pay
royalties to CTT for homocysteine test results obtained using DPC
assays in the past, and DPC will pay CTT royalties on sales of DPC
homocysteine assays using DPC's IMMULITE(R) and RIA products.
A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
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Exhibit 99.1 Press release dated November 23, 2004.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Date: November 24, 2004 By: /s/ John B. Nano
Name: John B. Nano
Title: President and
Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
Exhibit 99.1 Press release dated November 23, 2004 announcing
that CTT had granted a license to
Diagnostics Products Corp.