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 ##############################################################