LED Patent Reissued
Spectros Corp. of Portola Valley, Calif.,
received validation for its white LED patent during re-examination by the US Patent
Office, which affirmed that Patent No. 6,711,426 for the use of white LEDs in medical
spectroscopy is unique and protectable, and that certain other applications in biomedical
and industrial spectroscopy devices also fall under its patent. The company markets
and licenses advanced molecular sensing and imaging devices that can shed light
on ischemia and cancer, as well as molecular diagnostic tools for breast and prostate
cancer.
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