Kawasaki Wins $48 Million in Rorze Semiconductor Patent Suit

Rorze Corp. owes Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. $48.35 million for infringing a patent covering robots used to manufacture semiconductor chips, a jury found.

Rorze willfully infringed US Patent No. RE45,772, according to a jury’s March 13 verdict in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

The jury rejected Rorze’s arguments that the ‘772 patent was invalid, awarding Kawasaki $16.65 million for lost profits and $31.7 million for royalties.

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, doing business as Kawasaki Heavy Industries, sued Rorze in August 2022, alleging its semiconductor manufacturing products infringed five patents. Only the ‘772 patent was ...