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• Star to file appellate brief in lawsuit against Reynolds 

Star Scientific Inc., a company that specializes in tobacco technology, said it plans to file by Sept. 10 its opening brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals in an ongoing patent-infringement lawsuit dispute with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

On June 26, Reynolds won a patent-infringement lawsuit brought by Star Scientific. A U.S. District Court judge ruled that Star engaged in inequitable conduct before the U.S. Patent Office in obtaining patents involving a method of treating tobacco to substantially prevent the formation of tobacco-specific nitrosamines.

Also, Star Scientific said Thursday that it has been told by Nasdaq officials that it is has not been in compliance with the stock exchange's rule of having a minimum closing price of $1 a share for the past 30 days.

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