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To: nihil who wrote (33612)	10/3/1997 12:12:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	of 186894

Nihil - Re: "If Noyce had patented the integrated circuit and assigned the patent to Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel could hardly have been born. " He did patent it. However, his patent application was filed a few months after Kilby's. Fairchild and TI fought over this in court during the 60's and I'm not sure what the final official verdict was. In technical circles, BOTH Noyce and Kilby are considered co-inventors of the integrated circuit. More importantly, it was Bob Noyce's invention that was the REAL integrated circuit - transistors, resistors and capacitors all on the same piece of silicon, connected to each other by an ADHERENT, planar thin film of aluminum. Kilby's invention was a colection of circuit elements separated by etching (I believe like MESA transistors) connected by individual WIRE BONDS. Fujitsu in Japan has successfully dfended themselves AGAINST TI's patent on the grounds that their ICs bear no resemblance whatsoever to the concept "patented" by Kilby. techweb.cmp.com "In the ruling Wednesday, the Japanese court upheld a 1994 decision that Fujitsu had not violated TI's basic IC patent. "The court did not rule on the validity of the patent," the TI spokeswoman said. TI's cross-licensing pacts with other Japanese chip makers cover the patent, giving the company significant royalties. Those 10-year agreements will end after the Kilby patent expires in Japan, she added" Paul

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