Jenoptik AG: Jenoptik wins Asyst trial.

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Jenoptik wins Asyst trial.

Update on ad-hoc announcements dated February 1, 2007 and 
August 5, 2007 and the Legal Risks as they were set out in the Obligatory
Risk Analysis of the Jenoptik Annual Report.

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington confirms the
decision of the US District Courts in San José in favor of Jenoptik. In
1996 Asyst Technologies Inc. Jenoptik had sued Jenoptik for damages due to
alleged patent infringements. With the decision of the Federal Circuits the
court of appeal confirms the opinion of Jenoptik and its counsel in the
United States that Asyst’s claims are unfounded and without merit.

The trial, which has been litigious for over ten years, is thus finished. A
possible motion by the defeated party seeing further review is only
successful in very few exceptional cases.

Contact: IR, Sabine Barnekow, Phone/Fax 03641-652156/2484; www.jenoptik.de
13.10.2008  Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language:     English
Issuer:       Jenoptik AG
              Carl-Zeiss-Straße 1
              7739 Jena
              Deutschland
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Fax:          +49 (0)364 165-2484
E-mail:       ir@jenoptik.com
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