EMRISE Corporation Second U.S. Patent for Very Low Profile Switches Accepted for...

EMRISE Corporation Second U.S. Patent for Very Low Profile Switches Accepted for Publication

Issuance of Patent to Follow, Adds to Intellectual Property
Portfolio
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
EMRISE CORPORATION (NYSE Arca:ERI), a multi-national manufacturer
of defense and aerospace electronic devices and communications
equipment, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark
Office has accepted for publication another patent for its Very Low
Profile (VLP(R)) family of rotary switches and encoders. The Company
expects issuance of the patent to follow shortly. The patent increases
the number of U.S. issued and applied for patents that EMRISE holds to
three, further enhancing the value of its intellectual property
portfolio. The company also has patents pending in the EU and four
other foreign countries.

This second of three VLP(R) related patents specifically relates
to the Company's detent mechanism which allows the unique,
very-low-profile design of the VLP(R) family of products.

The first VLP(R) patent, issued previously, identifies the
technique for placing the detent mechanism at the same level as the
mounting panel, instead of behind the panel. The third VLP(R) patent,
currently pending, is for placing the detent in the knob in front of
the panel.

Manufactured by the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, EMRISE
Electronics Corporation, the VLP(R) switches and encoders offer space
savings up to 80%, weight savings up to 75%, increased functionality,
and higher reliability through fewer internal parts, compared to
competitive designs. Additionally, while VLP(R) switches can replace
most competitive rotary switches, those competitive switches can not
replace the VLP(R) switch.

EMRISE Chief Executive Officer Carmine T. Oliva commented: "Our
patents are creating new opportunities for our switches and encoders
to be designed into new systems and equipment. However, from a broader
perspective, we now have sufficient patent protection to license this
intellectual property to original equipment and other high-volume
manufacturers, including automotive, white goods, consumer electronics
and other markets where small size, light weight and reliability are
desirable advantages."

VLP(R) features meet key requirements for high-reliability
applications, where size and weight reduction are vital, such as
aerospace, defense, medical, and first-responder portable
instrumentation. For example, VLP(R) designs have been qualified for
use in systems and equipment for the International Space Station,
missile systems, commercial passenger jets, very light jet aircraft,
and a wide range of military communications systems.

About EMRISE Corporation

EMRISE designs, manufactures and markets electronic devices,
sub-systems and equipment for aerospace, defense, industrial and
communications markets. EMRISE products perform key functions such as
power supply and power conversion; RF and microwave transmission;
digital and rotary switching; network access and timing and
synchronization of communications networks. Primary growth driver
applications for EMRISE products include commercial avionic "In-Flight
Entertainment and Communications" products and communications "Network
Timing and Synchronization" equipment. EMRISE serves customers in
North America, Europe and Asia through operations in the United
States, England, France and Japan. The Company has built a worldwide
base of customers including all of the Fortune 100 in the U.S. that do
business in markets served by EMRISE and many similar-size companies
in Europe and Asia. For more information go to www.emrise.com.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995

With the exception of historical information, the matters
discussed in this press release, including without limitation EMRISE's
ability to obtain actual issuance of the patent for its Very Low
Profile (VLP(R)) family of rotary switches described in this release,
ability to further enhance the value of its intellectual property
portfolio, ability to obtain patents pending in the EU and four other
foreign countries, ability for the VLP(R) switches and encoders to
generate space savings up to 80%, weight savings up to 75%, increased
functionality, and higher reliability through fewer internal parts,
compared to competitive designs, ability for VLP(R) switches to
replace most competitive rotary switches, and inability for those
competitive switches to replace the VLP(R) switch, ability for our
patents to create new opportunities for our switches and encoders to
be designed into new systems and equipment, the statement that EMRISE
has sufficient patent protection to license this intellectual property
to original equipment and other high-volume manufacturers including
automotive, white goods, consumer electronics and other markets where
small size, light weight and reliability are desirable advantages,
ability for VLP(R) features to meet key requirements for
high-reliability applications, where size and weight reduction are
vital, such as aerospace, defense, medical, and first-responder
portable instrumentation, are all forward-looking statements that
involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The actual future results
of EMRISE CORPORATION could differ from those statements. Factors that
could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not
limited to, unforeseen technical issues or complications in the final
issuance process at the U.S. patent office, failure of the patent in
question to provide the intended protection or value expected, failure
to obtain future patents in the EU or any other foreign countries,
failure of VLP(R) switches to generate the intended space or weight
savings, increased functionality or higher reliability described,
failure of VLP(R) switches to successfully replace most competitive
rotary switches, failure of VLP(R) switches to compete on price,
quality and/or other critical decision factors, ability of competitors
to introduce similar and/or other competitive products which may
replace VLP(R) switches, failure to successfully design VLP(R)
switches into new systems or equipment, failure to license VLP(R)
technology to original equipment manufacturers or other high-volume
manufacturers or failure to benefit from the intended protection of a
patent in such licensing arrangements, failure of VLP(R) switches to
meet key requirements for high-reliability applications, and those
factors contained in the "Risk Factors" Section of the Company's Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and other Company filings.

EMRISE Corporation
John Donovan
Vice President Finance and Administration
909-987-9220, x3201
JDonovan@emrise.com
or
Allen & Caron Inc
Dan Matsui (investors)
Len Hall (media)
949-474-4300
D.Matsui@allencaron.com
Len@allencaron.com

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