Texas Instruments gets Japanese patent; analysts see sizable addition to revenue
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Texas Instruments Inc (TI) is issued a patent that could cover 'virtually all integrated circuits' made or used in Japan. Some analysts think the agreement might bring in as much as $700 million in annual revenue. TI first applied for the patent in Japan in 1960. The patent was finally issued on Oct 30, 1989, and it is effective through Nov 27, 2001. When the news was announced, TI's stock rose $2.50, closing at $32. The company's stock had recently fallen as low as $28.125 because of news that there would be a $55 million pretax charge in the 4th qtr. The Japanese market for integrated circuits is estimated at $15 billion to $17 billion a year. American trade negotiators have complained, in the past, about how long it takes for the Japanese government to issue a patent.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1989
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Noyce death casts shadow over group designed to boost semiconductor firms
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The death of Robert N. Noyce will weaken the semiconductor industry's lobbying efforts to promote cooperation among American companies and to involve government in making the US semiconductor industry more competitive. Noyce, who was a co-inventor of the integrated circuit, headed Sematech, which is a consortium of 14 technology companies. Sematech receives half of its $200 million annual budget from the federal government and has support from the Bush administration, which initially opposed government involvement in the semiconductor industry. Noyce, who died on Jun 3, 1990, at the age of 62, was planning to retire from Sematech in the fall of 1990.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1990
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U.S. chip firms expect little fallout from Texas Instruments patent award
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Japan's decision to award a major patent covering all of the country's integrated circuit technology to Texas Instruments Inc (TI) will not affect other US semiconductor manufacturers, domestic chip makers believe. The patent award, stemming from a 1960 application, could bring TI as much as $100 million to $700 million in annual additional revenue. National Semiconductor Corp, Advanced Micro Devices and other semiconductor manufacturers believe that TI's success in achieving the patent will not detract from their own marketing efforts in Japan, but rather enhance their efforts to enforce patents in Japan.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1989
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