ESI Files Suit Against General Scanning Inc. for Patent Infringement.PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 1997--Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ESIO ESIO Earth Sciences Information Office (Environmental Institute; University of Massachusetts) ) today announced that it has filed an action against General Scanning Inc. (NASDAQ:GSCN GSCN Green and Sustainable Chemistry Network GSCN General Symmetrical Condensed Node ) of Watertown, Mass. in 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 for patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver. . The complaint alleges General Scanning is violating ESI's patents 5,265,114 entitled "System and Method for Selectively Laser Processing a Target Structure of One or More Materials of a Multimaterial, Multilayer Device" and 5,473,624 "Laser System and Method for Selectively Severing Links." The patented technology is used in ESI's Model 9300 laser repair systems which produce advanced 16, 64 and 256 megabit memory chips. The Model 9300 laser repair system, introduced in July 1996, is enabling technology for the next generation of memory yield improvement and is the most advanced laser repair system on the market. The system features a patented laser system technology operating at a wavelength of 1.3 microns and offers memory manufacturers a much wider process window and higher repair yields than systems using conventional, 1.047 micron laser technology. ESI (Edge Side Includes) A markup language for Web pages that enables elements of a Web page to be dynamically assembled in servers distributed throughout the Internet. , headquartered in Portland, designs and manufactures sophisticated products used around the world in electronics production including: laser manufacturing systems for semiconductor yield improvement; production and test equipment for the manufacture of surface mount ceramic capacitors; laser trim systems for precise electrical tuning of circuits; precision laser machining systems; and machine vision systems. CONTACT: Electro Scientific Industries Inc., Portland Investor Relations: Joe Reinhart, 503/671-5500 Press Relations: Kimberly McAlear, 503/671-5233 |
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