- Shunpei Yamazaki
Shunpei Yamazaki is a
Japan eseinventor in the field ofcomputer science and solid-state physics. He holds over 1,700 U.S.patent s – more than any other person [ [http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/maney/2005-12-13-patent_x.htm USAToday ] ] [ [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=in%2Fshunpei+and+in%2Fyamazaki+and+an%2Fsemiconductor+and+an%2Fenergy+and+an%2Flaboratory&d=PTXT USPTO Patent Search for Shunpei Yamazaki] ] .Yamazaki is the president and majority shareholder of research company
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL) inTokyo . Most of the patents he holds are in relation tocomputer display technology and held by SEL, with Yamazaki named either individually or jointly as inventor.SEL is named in a 2000 Federal Circuit case against Samsung, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. v. Samsung Electronics Co., 204 F.3d 1368, 1374, 54 USPQ2d 1001, 1005 (Fed. Cir. 2000) [ [http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/FEDERAL/judicial/fed/opinions/98opinions/98-1377.html SEL v. Samsung] ] , which held, in part, that " [a] withheld reference may be highly material when it discloses a more complete combination of relevant features, even if those features are before the patent examiner in other references." Based in part on the SEL v. Samsung case, the Patent Office suggests that patent applicants "evaluate the materiality of prior art or other information from the viewpoint of whether it is the closest prior art or other information" [ [http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/2000_2004.htm MPEP 2004 Aids to Compliance With Duty of Disclosure (R-2) - 2000 Duty of Disclosure)] ] and "that an attorney or agent make sure that foreign clients, including foreign applicants, attorneys, and agents understand the requirements of the duty of disclosure, and that the U.S. attorney or agent review any information disclosure statements or citations to ensure that compliance with 37 CFR 1.56 is present" [Id.]
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