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Lemelson Patents Ruled Invalid, Unenforceable and Not Infringed
Mar 1, 2004 — Under a decision by the US District Court in Las Vegas, machine vision and bar-code patents held by the Lemelson Medical, Education & Research Foundation LP are invalid and unenforceable. The decision by Chief Judge Philip M. Pro further declares that the products of the plaintiffs in the case -- including Cognex Corp. of Natick, Mass., and Symbol Technologies Inc. of Holtsville, N.Y. -- do not infringe on the patents. The ruling is a blow to the foundation, which has reportedly...
LEOMA Discontinues Operations
Mar 1, 2004 — After 15 years of service to the US laser and electro-optics industry, the Laser and Electro-Optics Manufacturers' Association (LEOMA) was put into a "simmer mode" by its board of directors in January. According to executive director Breck Hitz,...
Nufern Is Granted Amplification Technology License
Mar 1, 2004 — To upgrade amplification of its fiber laser subassemblies, Nufern of East Granby, Conn., has acquired a patent license from Imra America Inc. titled "Single-Mode Amplifiers and Compressors Based on Multimode Fibers." The technology enables Nufern to...
OIF Forms User Working Group for Physical Layer Technology
Mar 1, 2004 — The Optical Internetworking Forum, based in Fremont, Calif., has announced the creation of the Physical Layer User Working Group to bring equipment manufacturers and system vendors together to provide technical advice and perspective to the Physical...
Olympus Europa Purchases Soft Imaging System
Mar 1, 2004 — In Germany, Olympus Europa GmbH of Hamburg has acquired Soft Imaging System of Münster and its subsidiaries. The companies have cooperated for several years in the light-optical microscopy market, and it is anticipated that Olympus' microscopy...
RVSI Receives Orders for Equipment to Read 2-D Bar Codes
Mar 1, 2004 — The Acuity CiMatrix Div. of Robotic Vision Systems Inc. (RVSI), based in Nashua, N.H., has received an order valued at $175,000 from an automotive electronics supplier for machine vision equipment to track and trace printed circuit boards. The...
Thorlabs Acquires Radians Innova
Mar 1, 2004 — Photonic product manufacturer Thorlabs Inc. of Newton, N.J., has acquired Radians Innova AB, an OEM provider of modular external cavity laser sources offering continuous high-speed tuning, wavelength stability and an industrial package suitable for...
BAE Systems to Enhance Production of Uncooled Cameras
Feb 1, 2004 — To upgrade production and reduce the manufacturing cost of MicroIR infrared focal plane arrays by a factor of eight, BAE Systems Information & Electronic Warfare Systems, based in Nashua, N.H., has been awarded a three-year, $4.5 million...
Chinese Companies Form Photonics Manufacturing Base
Feb 1, 2004 — Photop Technologies Inc. has been established by the merger of Koncent Communication Inc., Sandgy Optronics Inc. and Fuzhou Microlattice Semiconductor Co. Ltd., all of Fuzhou, China, and Shanghai Uniwave Technology Co. Ltd. of Shanghai, China....
Companies Collaborate on Gene-Expression Analysis
Feb 1, 2004 — California companies Affymetrix Inc. of Santa Clara and Arcturus Bioscience Inc. of Mountain View are working jointly to develop tools to enable gene-expression analysis on paraffin-embedded clinical biopsy samples. Arcturus' Paradise reagents can...
Corning Consolidates; Closes Two Plants
Feb 1, 2004 — To maintain flexibility and lower costs during down cycles of the semiconductor equipment market, Corning Inc. of Corning, N.Y., will consolidate its high-purity fused silica and fluoride crystal manufacturing operations into its Canton, N.Y.,...
Dalsa Wins Order for Custom Sensors
Feb 1, 2004 — Dalsa Corp. of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, has received a $2.1 million production order for custom image sensors, due for delivery in the first half of the year. The chips will be integral to an imaging system that the international customer is...
German Company Secures Optics Firm
Feb 1, 2004 — Jenoptik AG of Jena, Germany, has expanded its Photonics Div. with the purchase of all shares of Wahl Optoparts GmbH. The acquired company, based in Triptis, Germany, supplies custom-made optical components and plastic optomechanical and electronic...
Group to Develop Platform for Free-Space Communications
Feb 1, 2004 — A group of UK companies and universities will develop a next-generation optical platform for free-space optical communications. The proj-ect, known as Alfonso -- Adaptive Long-Wave Free-Space Optical Network Solutions -- and valued at more than...
GSI Lumonics Purchases Westwind Air Bearings
Feb 1, 2004 — Broadening its offerings in the laser and precision motion components business groups, GSI Lumonics Inc. of Billerica, Mass., has purchased Westwind Air Bearings Ltd. of Poole, UK, along with its subsidiaries and outstanding shares, from Cobham plc...
Jobin Yvon Acquires Fluorescence Company
Feb 1, 2004 — In the UK, Jobin Yvon Ltd. of Stanmore has acquired IBH Consultants Ltd. of Glasgow and will offer that company's technology in time-correlated single-photon-counting fluorescence spectroscopy and picosecond lasers. Jobin Yvon's Spex Fluorescence...
Lockheed Martin Secures Contract for Bomb Kits
Feb 1, 2004 — Under two contracts from the US Air Force, Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Md., will provide Paveway II laser-guided bomb kits to replace those deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah, has awarded the company $56 million...
Optra Wins Grant to Develop Remote IR Thermographer
Feb 1, 2004 — Optra Inc. of Topsfield, Mass., will supply a prototype two-band IR thermographer for the remote measurement of skin temperature under a Phase II, $600,000 Small Business Innovation Research award from the US Marine Corps. The device will...
Osram Obtains Government Contract to Develop OLEDs
Feb 1, 2004 — To demonstrate the potential of white organic LEDs to conserve energy in commercial and residential applications, Osram Opto Semiconductors of San Jose, Calif., has been awarded a $4.65 million grant from the US Department of Energy. The three-year...
Photonic Products Group Buys Laser Optics
Feb 1, 2004 — Photonic Products Group Inc. of Northvale, N.J., has purchased the assets and certain liabilities of Laser Optics Inc. of Bethel, Conn., for an undisclosed amount in a cash transaction. It will merge Laser Optics with its Inrad custom optics and...
Rockwell Scientific to Provide IR Sensors for Telescope
Feb 1, 2004 — Rockwell Scientific Co. LLC of Thousand Oaks, Calif., has been awarded a contract from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to provide infrared focal plane arrays for the James Webb Space Telescope near-infrared camera. Integral to...
Sensors Unlimited Awarded Grant for Imaging/Ranging Camera
Feb 1, 2004 — Sensors Unlimited Inc. of Princeton, N.J., has received a Phase 1b, 12-month, $2 million contract to develop a high-frame-rate camera for combined imaging and rangefinding using an in-pixel digitized monolithic positive-intrinsic-negative/avalanche...
Veeco Acquires Emcore's Deposition Unit
Feb 1, 2004 — Veeco Instruments Inc. of Woodbury, N.Y., has purchased the TurboDisc metallorganic chemical vapor deposition business of Emcore Corp., based in Somerset, N.J. Combined with Veeco's molecular beam epitaxy unit, the acquisition enables the company to...
AFOP Agrees to Purchase Ritek's Photonics Unit
Jan 1, 2004 — To expand its product line and increase its manufacturing capability, Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. (AFOP) of Sunnyvale, Calif., has agreed to acquire most of the assets of Ritek Corp.'s Photonics Div. and to assume certain liabilities in...
Companies Integrate Machine Vision, Software
Jan 1, 2004 — Machine vision manufacturer DVT Corp. of Atlanta has agreed to private-label the InteractX human-machine-interface software from CTC Parker Automation of Milford, Ohio. The arrangement will allow DVT to provide systems designers and end users with...

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