-Patent No. 1802752 “Parellel Patch Clamp System” Upheld in European Patent Office-

Sunnyvale, California

Molecular Devices, LLC, a company committed to providing innovative analytical solutions for protein and cell biology, announced today that its European Patent No. 1802752 titled “Parallel Patch Clamp System” was upheld by the European Patent Office in its original form, following a recent Opposition Proceeding.

Molecular Devices’ patent went through Opposition Proceedings before the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office as a result of a challenge from an analytical instrument company. The European Patent Office concluded that Molecular Devices’ patent, whose claims are directed to systems and methods of making high-throughput electrophysiological measurements, is valid as originally issued.

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