Background
Lans, Hakan A. was born on November 2, 1947 in Stockholm. Son of Patrik and Maja Lans.
Lans, Hakan A. was born on November 2, 1947 in Stockholm. Son of Patrik and Maja Lans.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Higher Technology College, Stokholm, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Uppsala, Sweden, 2000.
His patented inventions are a color graphics processor ("Data processing system and apparatus for color graphics display") and an "Arrangement for producing a pattern on a light-sensitive surface"
Håkan Lans is the designer of a tracking system which makes use of a Self-Organized Time Division Multiple Access () datalink. The datalink is currently in use in Automatic Identification System (AIS). AIS is a short range coastal tracking system which is mandatory aboard international voyaging ships with gross tonnage (GT) of 300 or more tons, and all passenger ships regardless of size. is also in use as one of the three physical layer models proposed for Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), a cooperative surveillance technique for air traffic control which is in the process of implementation.
Lans has his own company, General Practice&C Systems International Bachelor of Arts, which is focused on marketing
Concerning the patent on colour computer graphics, Lans has sued several companies, including Compaq, Gateway and Hewlett Packard, for not paying royalties, and allegedly infringing on his patent.
The companies were then sued for patent infringement by Lans, as a private person. The defendants counterclaimed that the patent was assigned to Uniboard Bachelor of Arts, a company wholly owned by Lans.
The judge ruled that this was the case and thus Lans lost the case. This has led to a dispute between Lans and his attorney, Louis Mastriani, and his lawyer in Sweden, Talbot Lindström, who Lans has sued for misconduct.
This suit was settled in April 2012.
An allegation was presented on Swedish National Television that Lindström"s conduct was due to alleged connections with The Pentagon, in order to stop Lans" progress on his patent. Another debate is regarding There was a patent application for the system, but a United States patent ex-parte reexamination certificate was issued in 2010 canceling all claims.
Member Royal Swedish Academy Engineering Science (elected), Royal Swedish Academy Defense Sciences.
Married Inga Maria Liefeldt L. Children: Maria, Terese.