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Nov 17, 2004 — Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (ESI), a Portland, Ore., producer of laser systems, and Cognex Corp., a machine-vision systems supplier based in Natick, Mass., have settled a patent lawsuit filed by Cognex against ESI in 2001. Cognex has granted ESI a nonexclusive license to the patent, No. 5,371,690, involving machine-vision technology, and certain covenants not to sue under other patents related to surface-mount equipment. . . . Palomar Technologies, a Vista, Calif., maker of...