Figure 1. Integrated circuit pattern on a semiconductor using darkfield (left) and MIX (brightfield + darkfield) illumination (right). MIX illumination enables observation of patterns, colors, and ...

"There is more than one way to shear a sheep. And there is certainly more than one way to instruct a jury properly," Judge Stephanos Bibas wrote in the Third Circuit's Monday nonprecedential opinion.

The desired circuit pattern is scratched into this coating and then coated with a cell-friendly adhesive. Unable to gain purchase on most of the plate, the cells are forced to grow in the ...