Inventor suit.Inventor INVENTOR. One who invents or finds out something. 2. The patent laws of the United States authorize a patent to be issued to the original inventor; if the invention is suggested by another, he is not the inventor within the meaning of those laws; but in that Suit: Shares of Magnetek Inc. plunged more than 44 percent after the L.A.-based maker of digital power products said it was ordered to pay $23.4 million to end an inventor's lawsuit over electronic ballasts used in fluorescent lamps fluorescent lamp Type of electric discharge lamp consisting of a glass tube filled with a mixture of argon and mercury vapor. A current of electricity causes the vapor to produce ultraviolet radiation that, in turn, excites a phosphor coating on the inside of the tube, . If Magnetek can't negotiate a payment agreement with inventor Ole K. Nilssen, it could be forced to reorganize re·or·gan·ize v. re·or·gan·ized, re·or·gan·iz·ing, re·or·gan·iz·es v.tr. To organize again or anew. v.intr. To undergo or effect changes in organization. under bankruptcy protection. |
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