SETi Sues Mouser for Infringing on Patented UV LED Technology

Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (SETi), sued Mouser Electronics, Inc, this week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, complaining about patent infringement and to protect its valuable patented technology related to ultraviolet light-emitting diodes. A UV LED, SETi explains to the court, is a semiconductor device that converts electrical energy into ultraviolet light. Ultraviolet light has many applications including optical sensors, disinfection, forensics, medical imaging, protein analysis, and polymer curing. UV LEDs have many advantages over conventional UV lamps, including lower energyconsumption, longer lifetime, and smaller size. Mouser sells and distributes products that incorporate UV…