Innovative floating ‘Express Palette’ technology provides instant access to digital files.

PORTLAND, Ore. – November 14, 2006 – Extensis, a division of Celartem, Inc., today announced that it has been awarded a second patent for its popular Express Palette feature within Portfolio, its leading digital asset management solution. The Express Palette is a floating application that brings the digital library of files within Portfolio directly into the user’s existing workflow, providing instant search and drag-n-drop access to files from anywhere on the user’s system. Extensis was awarded an apparatus patent on the Express Palette in August 2005.

“Extensis’ Portfolio family of products continues to be a leading solution for digital asset management needs and we are thrilled to receive a second patent for our Express Palette feature,” said Brian Berson, Extensis General Manager. “Our customers love how the Express Palette improves their workflow by eliminating the need to open yet another application in order to access vital files and images. In short, it enables them to get the right file at the right time with very little effort.”

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the method patent, entitledSystem for using a floatingpalettefor a digital asset management system in a plurality of different applicationsto Extensis for its unique technology advancements in digital asset management. Extensis cultivates an environment that is committed to breakthrough technology and currently owns several patents and has additional patent applications pending in the United States.

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