Hi ya'll!

    I just stopped by one of my other favorite sites (www.smtnet.com) and
found the following post:

>Posted by Mike C on April 14, 1998 at 18:01:28:

>We received a letter from IPC concerning patent infringements (patents held
by >Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) LTD (Panasonic) that may effect most
of us who >use adhesive to secure components to PCBs for subsequent wave
soldering >process. If you have not received a copy of this letter Contact IPC
and request a >copy (847) 509-9700. IPC is Surveying Companies to Judge if
industry members >would like to consolidate their responses through IPC. I do
not wish to hinder IPC >efforts but I feel we should all be made aware of what
is going on. IF ANYBODY >HAS INFORMATION ON THIS LETTER PLEASE POST INFO HERE.
Following is >the cover letter sent from Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. .,
Ltd.

>Dear Sir

>This is to inform you that Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
(“Matsushita”; >maybe known as Panasonic, its brand name) Owns U.S. Patents,
among others, >identified below, which we assume may be of interest to your
company.

>USP 4,812,692 USP 4,814,870

>For your convenience, attached are the copies of the above patents.
Matsushita is >willing to grant licenses under these patents to any company on
a >nondiscriminatory basis. If you would be interested, please contact us for
further >information. We can be reached by fax # +81-6-909-0053

>Further, please be advised that Matsushita does not intend to assert the
above >patents against infringement occurred in conjunction with the use of
certain >manufacturing equipment supplied by Matsushita or its authorized
distributors.

>Sincerely yours,


>Shinjiro Saikawa
>General Manager
>Licensing Department I

Is this something that we should really worry about? Anybody know?

                                                                   -Steve
Gregory- 


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