Mr. Terzian’s experience in Intellectual Property Law has enabled taking extra precautions to protect Quadtec against counterfeiting, copying or imitations. A dozen United States Patents have been issued on Quadtec:

These protect the EF, ES and EU time systems, and the setting prompts and functions. Some of these are also on file in European and Asian countries. The patents also cover the alarm prompt, display and icon, as well as the alarm melody.

The Quadtec brand name, the Quadtec logo. and “Shifting Time” have been registered as trademarks of Equitime, Inc.