Case: Patents/Reconsideration (N.D. Cal.)

Hamamatsu Corp.'s motion for leave to file a motion for reconsideration of the denial of Hamamatsu’s prior motion to dismiss SEMICAPS Pte Ltd.'s action for the infringement of its patent directed to a method of testing an electronic circuit and apparatus is also denied by a federal district court in California. Hamamatsu’s argument that the prior denial was premised on a factual misunderstanding boils down to word choice rather than material factual error: The patent explains that increasing the power of the laser beam carries the potential for laser-induced damage on the integrated circuit under test and that lock-in amplifiers ...