District Court Stops ASM's Epsilon One Reactor Sales in U.S.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 1996--The United States District Court for the Northern District of California The United States District Court for the Northern District of California is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa confirmed on October 28 that, effective immediately, Advanced Semiconductor Materials Semiconductor materials are insulators at absolute zero temperature that conduct electricity in a limited way at room temperature (see also Semiconductor). The defining property of a semiconductor material is that it can be doped with impurities that alter its electronic properties , Inc. ("ASM (1) (Association for Systems Management) An international membership organization based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1947 and disbanded in 1996, it sponsored conferences in all phases of administrative systems and management. ") is prohibited from future sales of its Epsilon One epitaxial atmospheric and reduced pressure reactors in the United States. The District Court's action follows a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is a United States court of appeals. The Federal Circuit was created by Congress with passage of the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982. The court is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and occupies the Howard T. last week holding that Applied Materials' pioneering epitaxial process patent is valid and infringed by ASM's Epsilon One. The District Court confirmed in hearings that ASM is immediately prohibited from making, using, selling or offering for sale in the United States new orders of Epsilon One atmospheric and reduced pressure epitaxial reactors, including 300mm systems. The permanent injunctions will end when Applied Materials' patent expires on January 28, 2002. Joseph J. Sweeney, vice president of Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs for Applied Materials, stated, "Federal courts have now decided that four Applied Materials' patents are valid and infringed by ASM's products. We are very pleased that Applied Materials' intellectual property rights are being enforced." Applied Materials, Inc. is a Fortune 500 global growth company and the world's largest supplier of wafer fabrication systems and services to the global semiconductor industry. Applied Materials is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "AMAT AMAT Applied Materials (stock symbol) AMAT Average Memory Access Time AMAT Automatic Message Accounting Transmitter AMAT Anti-Materiel (bomb or mine) AMAT Ageing Management Assessment Team ." Applied Materials' website is http://www.AppliedMaterials.com. CONTACT: Applied Materials Shannon Fryhoff, 408/986-7229 (editorial/media) Susan Overstreet, 408/748-5227 (investment community) |
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