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(Reuters) – Gemalto NV, the French digital security company, said on Friday that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected its patent claim relating to the Android smart phone operating platform. Gemalto, which makes smart cards, filed a suit in the United States in October 2010 against Google, Motorola, Samsung and HTC, alleging that their Android applications infringed on its patents. “Gemalto’s has consistently patented and broadly licensed its innovation so we are certainly disappointed by this judgment with regards to the scope of use of some of our intellectual property,” Olivier Piou, the company’s chief executive, said in a statement. Piou said the decision would have “no impact on our historical patents licensing activity, nor on the company’s 2017 long-term objectives.” A company spokeswoman could not immediately be reached for comment.