CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Patriot Scientific
Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: PTSC) confirmed that Schneider Electric
today has purchased a Moore Microprocessor Patent(TM) (MMP) Portfolio
license. Patriot Scientific and The TPL Group are co-owners of the MMP
Portfolio, which Alliacense, a TPL Group enterprise, exclusively manages.
    With European business origins dating back to 1836, Schneider Electric
joins the distinguished roster of global manufacturers that have this year
purchased MMP Portfolio licenses, including HP, Casio, Fujitsu, Sony,
Nikon, Seiko Epson, Pentax, Olympus, Kenwood, Agilent, and Lexmark. Intel
and AMD are also licensees.
    "We welcome Schneider Electric as our first European MMP Portfolio
licensee," said Mike Davis, Alliacense Sr. Vice President, Licensing. "We
also welcome this leading power and control specialist as our first MMP
licensee in the Industrial Equipment industry segment." He confirmed that
substantial discounts are offered to first movers while subsequent
licensees in the same industry category are subject to progressively higher
rates.
    David Pohl, chairman and CEO of Patriot Scientific, said, "This is an
impressive licensing year for our company. The increased momentum of our
patent portfolio license signings near the end of 2006 leads us to
enthusiastically look forward to further licensing successes by the
Alliacense team in 2007.
    The MMP Portfolio patents, filed in the 1980s, cover techniques that
enable higher performance and lower cost designs, and are fundamental to
consumer and commercial digital systems ranging from DVD players, cell
phones and portable music players to communications infrastructure, medical
equipment, and automobiles, which today have dozens of microprocessor-based
key features and benefits.
    About Schneider Electric
    Schneider Electric is the world's leading power and control specialist.
Through its world-class brands, Merlin Gerin, Square D and Telemecanique,
Schneider Electric anticipates and satisfies its customers' requirements in
the residential, building, industry, energy and infrastructure markets.
With 92,000 employees and operations in 130 countries, Schneider Electric
generated sales of €11.7 billion in 2005 through 13,000 distributor
outlets. For more information, visit http://www.schneider-electric.com.
    About Patriot Scientific
    Patriot Scientific is a leading intellectual property licensing company
that develops, markets and enables innovative technologies to address the
demands in fast-growing markets such as wireless devices, smart cards, home
appliances and gateways, set-top boxes, entertainment technology,
automotive telematics, biomedical devices and industrial controllers.
Headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif., information about the company can be
found at http://www.ptsc.com.
    Copies of Patriot Scientific press releases, current price quotes,
stock charts and other valuable information for investors may also be found
at http://www.hawkassociates.com and http://www.americanmicrocaps.com. An
investment profile on Patriot Scientific may be found at
http://www.hawkassociates.com/ptscprofile.aspx.
    About the Patent Portfolio
    The patent portfolio, marketed as the Moore Microprocessor Patent(TM)
Portfolio, contains intellectual property that is jointly owned by the
publicly held Patriot Scientific Corporation and the privately held TPL
Group. The portfolio encompasses seven U.S. patents as well as their
European and Japanese counterparts. Both TPL and Patriot assert that their
jointly owned patents protect techniques used in designing microprocessors,
microcontrollers, Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), embedded processors and
System-on-Chip (SoC) implementations. The MMP Portfolio is exclusively
managed by Alliacense, a TPL Group Enterprise.
    About Alliacense
    Alliacense is a TPL Group Enterprise executing best-in-class design and
implementation of intellectual property licensing programs. As a cadre of
IP licensing strategists, technology experts and experienced business
development/management executives, Alliacense focuses on expanding the
awareness and value of TPL's intellectual property portfolios. For more
information, visit http://www.alliacense.com.
    Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995: Statements in this news release looking forward in time
involve risks and uncertainties, including the risks associated with the
effect of changing economic conditions, trends in the products markets,
variations in the company's cash flow, market acceptance risks, technical
development risks, seasonality and other risk factors detailed in the
company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
    Moore Microprocessor Patent, MMP and Alliacense are trademarks of
Technology Properties Limited (TPL). PTSC and Ignite are trademarks of
Patriot Scientific Corporation. All other trademarks belong to their
respective owners.
    CONTACTS:

    Patriot Investor Relations
    Hawk Associates
    Frank Hawkins or Ken AuYeung
    (305) 451-1888
    info@hawkassociates.com

    Alliacense Media Relations
    TPL Group
    Tom Rigoli
    (650) 969-5986
    rigoli@mindpik.com