( January 25, 2024, 1:27 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Citing a recent agreement to dismiss two patents from a longstanding row over microchips combined with her earlier summary judgment of noninfringement and/or invalidity of two other patents, a federal judge in California on Jan. 24 denied a bid by Intel Corp. to proceed to trial on an affirmative defense that its use of the patented technology was authorized by a license....