US Synthetic Corporation Selects ISYS:desktop to Empower R&D Staff With Advanced Desktop Search Capabilities

DENVER - June 21, 2004 - ISYS Search Software, a global supplier of enterprise search solutions for business and government, has announced that US Synthetic Corporation has selected ISYS:desktop to provide its research and development engineers with sophisticated desktop search technology for better managing and retrieving intellectual property (IP) information.

Founded in 1978, US Synthetic is a leading supplier of Polycrystalline Diamond Cutters (PDC) to the oil-drilling industry. With an active R&D group, the company maintains a knowledge base of thousands of industry patents and information related to this IP, most of which is contained in HTML and PDF. US Synthetic selected ISYS:desktop for its advanced search features and ability to index and retrieve data at the granular PC level.

"Prior to implementing ISYS, our IP team relied on vague recollections of prior work and lengthy searches of our master list of patents," said Eric Pope, IP manager, US Synthetic. "With ISYS, this search process has been cut down from countless hours each week to mere seconds. Our engineers can now conveniently search all of our IP related to a particular new design or invention, which helps us save time and increase productivity."

As a company with 16 years' experience in desktop search, ISYS delivers a solution that quickly and easily guides users through the three key stages of search - query, results navigation and discovery. Features include multiple query methods, filtering, sorting, user-defined synonyms, word tense expansion, hit highlighting and hit-to-hit navigation.

About ISYS Search Software

Established in 1988, ISYS Search Software is a global supplier of search solutions for business and government. The company's award-winning software suite offers a broad range of products designed to meet the diverse information retrieval and knowledge management needs of organizations operating in a variety of industries, including government, legal, law enforcement and recruitment.

Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, ISYS also maintains offices in Denver and the UK. The company's customers include the USDA, Boeing, Perkins Coie, Management Recruiters International (MRI), the US Department of Justice, the Miami Police Department, BlueCross BlueShield and the IRS. Additional information can be obtained by phone at 800.992.4797.

Media Contact:

ISYS Search Software
Dave Haucke
303.689.9998 x.232
dave.haucke@isys-search.com