Legal Opinion
The Perkin-Elmer Corporation, a Corporation of New York v. Computervision Corporation, a Corporation of Delaware
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 6, 1984No. Appeal 83-1195PublishedCited by 383 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Northern District of California holding valid and infringed claims 1 through 5, 7 and 8 of U.S. Patent No. 3,748,015 (’015 patent), issued to Abe Offner, and claims 1 through 8 of U.S. Patent No. 3,821,763 (’763 patent), issued to Robert M. Scott. Both patents were assigned to The Perkin-Elmer Corporation (PerkinElmer). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Perkin-Elmer’s “Micralign” was the first commercially successful projection printer for use in manufacturing semiconductor integrated circuits. A projection printer uses optics to…
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