Legal Opinion
Trustees of Boston University v. Everlight Electronics Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 9, 2015No. Civil Action Nos. 12-11935-PBS, 12-12326-PBS, 12-12330-PBSPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PATTI B. SARIS, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Defendants move for summary judgment of invalidity of U.S. Patent No. 5,686,738 (the '738 patent), which relates to a two-step method of preparing gallium-nitride (GaN) films, a common component of blue-colored light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The invalidity dispute involves the “non-single crystalline buffer layer” limitation in all asserted patent claims. The Court has construed the claim limitation “non-single crystalline” to mean “polycrystalline, amorphous or a mixture of polycrystalline and amorphous.” Trustees of Boston…
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- Trs. of Bos. Univ. v. Everlight Elecs. Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 2019
- Trustees of Boston University v. Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2019