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World's top chipmaking equipment maker claims Chinese rival may infringe IP

Tom 7

Re: Par for the course

Happens here to. A mate designed a tool for splicing FO cables and got a provisional patent on it. Couldn't get funding for a full patent on reasonable terms and saw his devices hit the market within weeks of the provisional patent expiring.

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