Go to Alta-Vista and search on Lemelson Foundation. There are a number of references. John Thorup > -----Original Message----- > From: Jean-Marc Widmer [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 12:22 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] Micro-BGA Stuff...and patents... > > hello Steve, > > Interresting message. > > Where could I get some information about the Lemelson patent about > machine > vision. > > Thanks. > Jean-Marc Widmer > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen R. Gregory [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 3:31 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] Micro-BGA Stuff...and patents... > > Hi All! > > Just to let ya'll know, Tessera is the company that started all this > micro-BGA stuff, they are the company that other companies have to get > a > license from to produce a micro-BGA package (Tessera owns the patent). > > If you go to: Http://www.tessera.com there's a bunch of technical > papers > there about assembly, design, and other stuff that's pretty worthwhile > if > you're thinking about getting into this stuff... > > But to change the subject a bit, but still dealing with patents, there > was a > thread recently about the "Lemelson Patent" which concerns machine > vision and > bar-coding...is anybody worried about that? Just curious... > > -Steve Gregory- > > ############################################################## > TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV > 1.8c > ############################################################## > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with > following > text in > the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET > ############################################################## > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for > additional > information. > If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at > [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.5365 > ############################################################## > > ############################################################## > TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV > 1.8c > ############################################################## > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with > following text in > the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET > ############################################################## > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for > additional > information. > If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at > [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.5365 > ############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################