In the recently issued case of ClearValue, Inc. v. Pearl River Polymers, Inc., Judge Moore, writing for the Federal Circuit panel, distinguished the holding in the 2006 case of Atofina v. Great Lakes ...

New integration and patterning schemes used in 3D memory and logic devices have created manufacturing and yield challenges. Industrial focus has shifted from the scaling of predictable unit processes ...

To ensure success in semiconductor technology development, process engineers must set the allowed ranges for wafer process parameters. Variability must be controlled, so that final fabricated devices ...

Developing a medical device is a lengthy process. Prior to commercial distribution, FDA requires that the manufacturing process for the product be validated. Process validation is defined as the ...

In today’s highly regulated environment for drug development and manufacturing, new challenges have emerged from internal pressures to reduce costs by eliminating waste in the development process, ...

Pharmaceutical manufacturing requires defining quality target product profiles and critical quality attributes (CQAs) to ensure desired product quality. Process development identifies critical process ...