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Article: Court Judgment Favors Rudolph Technologies Patent Infringement Case.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- September 23, 2009
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Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RTEC) announced that the United States District Court in Minneapolis has issued a permanent injunction against Camtek, Ltd (NASDAQ: CAMT) which bars Camtek from selling its Falcon line of inspection tools in the United States. The court also granted Rudolph post-trial interest on the lost profits damages awarded by the jury (see also Rudolph Technologies, Inc.).
Rudolph's U.S. Patent No. 6,826,298 covers optical inspection of semiconductors using strobing illumination. This technology is embodied in Rudolph's NSX[R] and AXi™ Inspection Systems. "The NSX[R] technology was one of the major reasons ...