ALAMEDA, CA – The industry can expect reasonable growth over the next five years for aerospace, defense, and homeland security electronics, says Technology Forecasters Inc.
ROME, NY – The ESDA requests abstracts for technical papers covering the effects of electrostatic discharge, electrical overstress, and static electricity for presentation at its 30th Annual EOS/ESD Symposium, Sept. 7-12, 2008 in Tucson, AZ.
Papers are being accepted in the following areas: component level EOS/ESD; system level EOS/ESD; EOS/ESD factory level and materials technology; electrostatic considerations; magnetic recording heads; ultra-sensitive devices, and ESD standards components, systems and factory.
The deadline for submission of 50-word abstracts and four-page (max.) summaries is Jan. 11.
The submission deadline for the finished paper is June 6. Final papers will be limited to a maximum of 10 pages.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R. 1908, also known as the Patent Reform Act of 2007, the first step toward bringing the nation's patent laws in line with international statutes.