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Pall Files Patent Infringement Suit Against BioQuate



    Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL) filed a patent infringement action in
    the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
    Pennsylvania against BioQuate, Inc., based in Clearwater, Florida. The
    suit alleges that BioQuate is manufacturing and selling disposable
    aseptic connector devices that infringe on a patent on Pall's
    KleenpakTM Aseptic Connector. The suit seeks damages and an injunction
    precluding BioQuate from selling the infringing product.

    Pall is a leading provider of integrated filtration solutions to
    the biopharmaceutical industry and has spearheaded the development of
    single-use technologies for biopharmaceutical processing. Pall's
    Kleenpak Aseptic Connector has been established as the leading aseptic
    connection device and is an enabling technology that improves the
    safety and efficiency of single-use processing.

    Pall's proprietary materials and technologies along with the
    ability to engineer them into useful forms are the cornerstone of the
    Company's technical and marketing leadership. Pall Corporation
    vigorously protects its intellectual property rights. It respects the
    intellectual property rights of others and expects the same in return.

    About Pall Corporation:

    Pall Corporation is the global leader in the rapidly growing field
    of filtration, separation and purification. Pall is organized into two
    businesses: Life Sciences and Industrial. These businesses provide
    leading-edge products to meet the demanding needs of customers in
    biotechnology, pharmaceutical, transfusion medicine, energy,
    electronics, municipal and industrial water purification, aerospace,
    transportation and broad industrial markets. Total revenues for fiscal
    year 2006 were $2.0 billion. The Company headquarters is in East
    Hills, New York with extensive operations throughout the world. For
    more information visit Pall at http://www.pall.com/.

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    projections, earnings guidance, events or developments are
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    are not limited to: changes in product mix and product pricing
    particularly as we expand our systems business in which we experience
    significantly longer sales cycles and less predictable revenue with no
    certainty of future revenue streams from related consumable product
    offerings and services; increases in costs of manufacturing and
    operating costs including energy and raw materials; the Company's
    ability to achieve the savings anticipated from cost reduction and
    margin improvement initiatives including the timing of completion of
    the facilities rationalization initiative; fluctuations in foreign
    currency exchange rates and interest rates; regulatory approval and
    market acceptance of new technologies; changes in business
    relationships with key customers and suppliers including delays or
    cancellations in shipments; success in enforcing patents and
    protecting proprietary products and manufacturing techniques;
    successful completion or integration of acquisitions; domestic and
    international competition in the Company's global markets; and global
    and regional economic conditions and legislative, regulatory and
    political developments. The Company makes these statements as of the
    date of this disclosure and undertakes no obligation to update them.