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TOKYO, March 29 (Reuters) - Canon Inc. 7751.T said on Thursday it plans to appeal an expected court decision in the United States regarding a flat-panel patent dispute against Nano-Proprietary Inc. NNPP.OB.
Canon expects the ruling in the first trial to go against it after the court judged earlier this year that a license agreement Canon had with Texas-based Nano-Proprietary didn't extend to the use of the technology by Canon's partner Toshiba 6502.T. Tokyo-based Canon expects that ruling to come in late April, President Tsuneji Uchida said at a general shareholders meeting.
The dispute involves Nano-Proprietary’s technology used in surface-conduction electron-emitter displays (SED), which are said to generate brighter images and consume less energy than existing LCDs and plasma panels.
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