wafer

[victor steinbok]

A nice teaser in an article in AmLaw Daily:

   What is "a wafer" when it comes to semiconductor technology? If you cut
> it into lots of pieces, is it still a wafer? That was the question the
> Federal Circuit addressed in a ruling Monday.


Unfortunately, the article appears to be behind a paywall, even though the
referring page lists it as free content. The email summary is somewhat
different:

On Monday the Federal Circuit vacated a patent infringement judgment in a
> case involving semiconductors, spending much of the 22-page ruling
> discussing just what a wafer is and whether the term "a wafer" can also mean
> "a plurality of wafers."


Either way, it's another case that hinges on the meaning of a single word.

VS-)

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