** Smart glass technology co Crown Electrokinetic Corp's
shares CRKN.O up 9.2% at $4.40 premarket - set to record its
highest level since July
** Co acquires 10 patents on smart glass technologies from
IBM IBM.N with coverage in the US, China, Great Britain,
Germany and Japan urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPn5bR7F2a
** Have 34 patents and applications that offer coverage in
key global markets in the smart glass tech area - co
** CRKN used patent transaction platform IPwe to identify,
analyze, negotiate and complete the transaction
** All three brokerages covering Crown rate it "buy" or
higher; their median PT is $11 - Refinitiv data
** Up to Friday's close, stock had risen ~35.6% in the last
30 days and ~3.6% this year
(Reporting by Bansari Mayur Kamdar)
((BansariMayur.Kamdar@thomsonreuters.com;))