Legal Opinion
ADE CORP. v. KLA-Tencor Corp.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided March 13, 2003No. CIV.A. 00-892-KAJPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JORDAN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This matter is before the Court for construction of the claims in U.S. Patent No. 6,292,259 B1 (issued Sept. 18, 2001) (the “ ’259 patent”), pursuant to Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 52 F.3d 967 (Fed.Cir.1995) (en banc), aff’d, 517 U.S. 370, 116 S.Ct. 1384, 134 L.Ed.2d 577 (1996). Plaintiff ADE Corporation (“ADE”) and defendant KLA-Tencor Corporation (“KLA”) own United States patents used in the silicon wafer inspection industry to detect and classify silicon wafer surface defects as either crystalline originated pit defects or particle…
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