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		<title>Expanding universe of &#8220;prior art&#8221;: Patent applications will be more vulnerable to attack if filed after March 16, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce_Itchkawitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. patent law is scheduled to soon experience major changes under the America Invents Act (AIA) that will make it harder to get a patent granted and that will make it easier to challenge an issued patent.  Therefore, if contemplating filing a patent application in the near future, it&#8217;s wise for applicants to do so before March 16, 2013, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=1337&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your patent is invalid if you&#8217;re not the first inventor: The Fox Group, Inc. v. Cree, Inc.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Circuit recently handed down a decision affirming a lower district court ruling that found the claims of U.S. Pat. No. 6,562,130 asserted against Cree, Inc. by The Fox Group, Inc. to be invalid, since Cree had produced the claimed single-crystal silicon carbide (SiC) material before the priority date of the &#8217;130 patent. This result was based on the &#8220;first to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=1274&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MGA Entertainment liable for willfully infringing Innovention Toys&#8217; patent for a laser/mirror board game</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce_Itchkawitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A jury in the Eastern District of Lousiana found last week that MGA Entertainment&#8216;s &#8220;Laser Battle&#8221; board game which uses a laser beam and a series of mirrors willfully infringed U.S. Pat. No. 7,264,242, owned by Innovention Toys LLC.  The jury set the amount of damages to $1.6 million.  According to an article from Law360, this litigation has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=1227&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hive Lighting wins $25,000 in So. Cal. business pitch competition</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/11/20/hive-lighting-wins-25000-in-so-cal-business-pitch-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce_Itchkawitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hive Lighting, Inc. of Los Angeles, CA recently won first prize and a $25,000 cash investment in the Seventh Annual &#8220;Survivor&#8221; business pitch competition for Southern California entrepreneurs, held by Tech Coast Venture Network last week at Chapman University in Orange, CA. Hive Lighting produces a line of lamps for the film, television, digital, and stage production industries [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=1209&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aurora Lighting sued by Philips for patent infringement</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/11/06/aurora-lighting-sued-by-philips-for-patent-infringement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce_Itchkawitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 2, 2012, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. and Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions, Inc. filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, accusing Aurora Lighting Inc. of patent infringement of seven U.S. patents for light-emitting diode lighting technology.            The accused Aurora devices include various LED retrofit bulbs designed to be installed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=1181&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Optical tip for Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscope; Optonet Inc.; U.S. Pat. No. 8,201,268</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/07/27/optical-tip-for-near-field-scanning-optical-microscope-optonet-inc-u-s-pat-no-8201268/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce_Itchkawitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Patent No. 8,201,268, issued on June 12, 2012 to OptoNet Inc. of Evanston, IL, discloses a sub-wavelength optical tip for a near-field scanning optical microscope (NSOM).   Due to the diffraction limit, resolution in conventional optical microscopy is limited so that features have to be larger than about one-half wavelength to be resolved.  In contrast, near-field scanning [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=1143&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fiber array connector; Lightwire LLC; U.S. Pat. No. 8,200,056</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/07/16/fiber-array-connector-lightwire-llc-u-s-pat-no-8200056/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce_Itchkawitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Patent No. 8,200,056, issued on June 12, 2012 to Lightwire LLC of San Jose, CA, discloses a multi-fiber connector for photonic subassemblies.      According to the &#8217;056 patent, optical fiber network interfaces can be expensive to manufacture, largely due to the difficulty in mounting and aligning the optical fibers with the corresponding devices, and the manufacturing costs have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=1128&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Photonic milling system; Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.; U.S. Pat. No. 8,178,818</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/06/15/photonic-milling-system-electro-scientific-industries-inc-u-s-pat-no-8178818/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Patent No. 8,178,818, issued on May 15, 2012 to Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (ESI) of Portland OR, discloses a photonic milling system using dynamically modulated beam arrays.       High-power lasers are used in semiconductor electronics fabrication for micro-machining by ablating selected materials to form various structures.   The &#8217;818 patent discloses a &#8220;photonic milling&#8221; system that uses a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=1111&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Photonic-powered&#8221; player card; IGT; U.S. Pat. No. 8,162,737</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/06/08/photonic-powered-player-card-igt-u-s-pat-no-8162737/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Patent No. 8,162,737, issued on April 24, 2012 to IGT of Reno, NV, discloses a &#8220;photonic-powered&#8221; player card for keeping track of a gambler&#8217;s activities. According to the &#8217;737 patent, the ability of a casino operator to maximize their operating profits and keep their customers happy is linked in part to their ability to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=1092&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Process for making silicon nanowires; Bandgap Engineering Inc.; U.S. Pat. No. 8,143,143</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/05/30/process-for-making-silicon-nanowires-bandgap-engineering-inc-u-s-pat-no-8143143/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 01:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce_Itchkawitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Patent No. 8,143,143, issued on March 27, 2012 to Bandgap Engineering Inc. of Waltham, MA, discloses a process for fabricating silicon nanowires. According to the &#8217;143 patent, silicon nanowires have been previously grown &#8220;from the bottom up&#8221; using various deposition techniques performed under vacuum conditions, and formed by removing material from bulk silicon &#8220;from the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=1075&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bragg grating with asymmetric reflectance spectrum; Redfern Integrated Optics, Inc.; U.S. Pat. No. 8,121,449</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/04/25/bragg-grating-with-asymmetric-reflectance-spectrum-redfern-integrated-optics-inc-u-s-pat-no-8121449/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Patent No. 8,121,449, issued on February 21, 2012 to Redfern Integrated Optics, Inc. (RIO) of Santa Clara, CA, discloses a planar photonic waveguide with a Bragg grating having an asymmetric reflectance spectrum. The &#8217;449 patent explains that a Bragg grating formed in a planar waveguide generally has a reflectance versus wavelength with a central peak [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=1055&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Photonic crystal-based lenses; Aptina Imaging Corp.; US Pat. No. 8,093,091</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/04/15/photonic-crystal-based-lenses-aptina-imaging-corp-us-pat-no-8093091/</link>
		<comments>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/04/15/photonic-crystal-based-lenses-aptina-imaging-corp-us-pat-no-8093091/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce_Itchkawitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Patent No. 8,093,091, issued on January 10, 2012 to Aptina Imaging Corp. of George Town, KY, discloses a photonic-crystal-based lens for an image sensor.   According to the &#8217;091 patent, micro-lenses can increase the optical efficiency of image sensors, such as charge-coupled devices (CCDs) or CMOS active pixel sensors, and can reduce the cross-talk between pixel cells.  Conventional [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=1014&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Doing the examiner&#8217;s work for faster patents</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/04/06/doing-the-examiners-work-for-faster-patents/</link>
		<comments>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/04/06/doing-the-examiners-work-for-faster-patents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce_Itchkawitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to mention one last method of speeding up the patent process, which entails doing the patent examiner&#8217;s work for him/her using the USPTO&#8217;s &#8220;Accelerated Examination&#8221; (AE) program.  The AE program has the goal of completing examination of the application within twelve months. In normal patent examination, when an application eventually reaches the top of the examiner&#8217;s queue, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=1012&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Face Time&#8221;: A tried-and-true way to faster patents</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/03/15/face-time-a-tried-and-true-way-to-faster-patents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spending time speaking with the patent examiner reviewing your application can be a simple way to get your patent application to reach issuance faster than it would otherwise.  To explain why this &#8220;face time&#8221; can be beneficial, let me first provide a bit of background &#8230;  Most of the communication between the USPTO and patent applicants is done in written form: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=950&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>USPTO Director Kappos to present at Knobbe&#8217;s OC office on March 15th</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/03/06/uspto-director-kappos-to-present-at-knobbes-oc-office-on-march-15th/</link>
		<comments>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/03/06/uspto-director-kappos-to-present-at-knobbes-oc-office-on-march-15th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My firm, Knobbe Martens, will be hosting a presentation by USPTO Director David Kappos on March 15, 2012 at our OC office (2040 Main Street, Irvine, CA 92614).  Director Kappos will be discussing &#8220;Building a 21st Century Patent and Trademark Office: Stimulating Technology and Fostering Innovation.&#8221;  The presentation will start at 5:00pm, followed by a brief Q&#38;A [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=988&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;To serve man&#8221;: Newest pathway for faster patents</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/03/05/to-serve-man-newest-pathway-for-faster-patents/</link>
		<comments>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/03/05/to-serve-man-newest-pathway-for-faster-patents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce_Itchkawitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On occasion, the USPTO enacts various initiatives that are designed to reward innovations in particular technological areas.  Examples are the various fields (e.g., energy, security, HIV/AIDS or cancer) which are eligible for petitions to have a patent application be placed on the &#8220;special&#8221; docket for expedited examination, as I described in my previous blogpost. Recently, the USPTO announced its [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=962&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Isn&#8217;t that special&#8221;: Getting your application on the special docket at the USPTO</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/02/27/isnt-that-special-getting-your-application-on-the-special-docket-at-the-uspto/</link>
		<comments>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/02/27/isnt-that-special-getting-your-application-on-the-special-docket-at-the-uspto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce_Itchkawitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My previous two blogposts, &#8220;Paying a Premium&#8221; and &#8220;Hitting the Highway,&#8221; explained two ways that patent applicants can get their applications examined by the USPTO faster than normal.  A third way to obtain expedited examination is described below. Isn&#8217;t That Special: The USPTO has identified numerous criteria that warrant having patent examination expedited.  If one of these criteria is satisfied, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=926&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Hitting the Highway&#8221; to faster patents</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/02/08/hitting-the-highway-to-faster-patents/</link>
		<comments>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/02/08/hitting-the-highway-to-faster-patents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce_Itchkawitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last blogpost, &#8220;Paying a Premium,&#8221; described the problem of excessively long pendency of patent applications at the USPTO, and how the &#8220;Prioritized Patent Examination Program&#8221; can be used to expedite an application through the USPTO within one year by paying an extra fee ($2,400 or $4,800, depending on the size of the applicant).  Below I describe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=912&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paying a Premium: How to get a U.S. patent within one year</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/01/23/paying-a-premium-how-to-get-a-u-s-patent-within-one-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most common gripes I hear about the patent process cites the excessively long time it takes between filing a patent application and getting the patent to issue.  For example, the latest statistics out of the USPTO show that for applications in the &#8220;Semiconductor, Electrical, Optical Systems &#38; Components&#8221; category, it takes an average of 26.5 months [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=897&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Patents of the 2012 Prism Awards Finalists: Defense and Security</title>
		<link>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/01/06/u-s-patents-of-the-2012-prism-awards-finalists-defense-and-security/</link>
		<comments>http://photonicspatents.com/2012/01/06/u-s-patents-of-the-2012-prism-awards-finalists-defense-and-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the &#8220;Defense and Security&#8221; category, the three finalists for the 2011 &#8220;Prism Awards&#8221;are: &#8220;Hyperspec RECON Handheld Sensor&#8221; of Headwall Photonics According to Headwall&#8217;s website, the company &#8220;has been at the forefront of hyperspectral imaging since 1994&#8243; and &#8220;[w]ith its patented, aberration-corrected Hyperspec™ sensors, the company has established a worldwide reputation for exceptional imaging performance.&#8221;  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=photonicspatents.com&#038;blog=13693860&#038;post=868&#038;subd=photonicspatents&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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