• Coherent and Lumonics cross-license patents

    Coherent Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) and Lumonics Inc. (Ontario, Canada) cross-licensed several of their excimer-laser patents. Under the terms of the agreement, Coherent licensed its neon-buffer gas patent (#4,393,505) and output-control patent (#4,611,270) to Lumonics on a nonexclusive basis. In turn, Lumonics licensed its hydrogen-buffer gas patent (#4,340,368) to Coherent on an exclusive basis. The patents apply to all excimer lasers, but especially to those operating at 248 and 308 nm for variou
    March 1, 1995

    Coherent and Lumonics cross-license patents

    Coherent Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) and Lumonics Inc. (Ontario, Canada) cross-licensed several of their excimer-laser patents. Under the terms of the agreement, Coherent licensed its neon-buffer gas patent (#4,393,505) and output-control patent (#4,611,270) to Lumonics on a nonexclusive basis. In turn, Lumonics licensed its hydrogen-buffer gas patent (#4,340,368) to Coherent on an exclusive basis. The patents apply to all excimer lasers, but especially to those operating at 248 and 308 nm for various medical and industrial-processing uses.

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