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Asylum Appeals Veeco Patent Decision

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Asylum Research, a Santa Barbara, Calif., manufacturer of atomic force microscopes (AFMs), said it will appeal a decision rejecting its opposition of a Veeco Instruments Inc. European patent. The European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich, Germany, last month ruled in favor of Veeco Instruments Inc. and dismissed the opposition filed by Asylum Research Inc. against Veeco's Patent No. 839,312 (the '312 patent), involving the use of an AFM in tapping mode with phase or frequency detection to image the topography and surface characteristics of a sample. The EPO does not consider infringement issues....Read full article

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