(2)Court denies professor's claim to patent for landmark inventi

(2)Court denies professor's claim to patent for landmark inventi

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Nakamura (L), a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, speaks at a news conference Sept. 19 after the Tokyo District Court acknowledged Nichia Corp.'s ownership of the patent for a key semiconductor device, rejecting a suit filed by him, the inventor of the blue-color light-emitting diode (LED). (Kyodo)

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