SEATTLE — NanoString Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSTG) and Fluidigm Corporation (Nasdaq:FLDM) have agreed to settle lawsuits filed by Fluidigm in the United States and Singapore. In the U.S. case, Fluidigm charged NanoString with false advertising, unfair competition, and unlawful trade practices based on a comparison study of NanoString’s Single Cell Gene Expression Assay on the nCounter® […]
Franklin Lakes, NJ – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX) announced today that a jury has returned a mixed verdict in the lawsuit filed against the Company by Retractable Technologies, Inc. (RTI) in the United States Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The verdict was unfavorable to BD with respect to RTI’s Lanham […]
Morgantown, WV; Zrotea Biosciences Group, Inc. (“Protea”) announced today that the George Washington University has been awarded two additional patents for its LAESI technology platform, for which Protea is the exclusive licensee. The first patent is titled “Laser Ablation Electrospray Ionization (LAESI) for Atmospheric Pressure, In Vivo, and Imaging Mass Spectrometry” (U.S. Patent #8,487,244) and […]
WILMINGTON, MA — Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, today announced the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued the Company patent #8,469,295, titled “Trace Chemical Particle Release Nozzle.” This patent relates to a method of leveraging air jets and/or aerosols […]
Ann Arbor, MI – 3D Biomatrix, a leader in three-dimensional (3D) cell culture products, is pleased to announce that it has filed a patent for its technology for transferring spheroids from the company’s 96-well or 384-well Perfecta3D Hanging Drop Plates to a receiving plate for analysis of the spheroids. The transfer plate designed for the […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. –– Complete Genomics, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: GNOM) (“Complete”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of BGI-Shenzhen (“BGI”), a leading international genomics organization based in Shenzhen, China, today announced that it has entered into a settlement agreement with Illumina, Inc. under which Illumina will dismiss with prejudice both lawsuits it had brought against Complete: Illumina, Inc. […]
SEATTLE, Wash. – NanoString Technologies, Inc., a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 5.4 million shares of common stock at a price to the public of $10.00 per share. In addition, the Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day […]
AUBURN, Wash.– Syntrix Biosystems, Inc., is pleased to announce that a federal court in Tacoma, Washington, has granted the company a final judgment of $115 million in a patent infringement case it filed against Illumina, Inc., a San Diego-based biotechnology firm. The Court’s judgment was filed on June 19, 2013, and follows a $96 million […]
AUBURN, Wash.– Syntrix Biosystems, Inc., is pleased to announce that a federal court in Tacoma, Washington, has granted the company a final judgment of $115 million in a patent infringement case it filed against Illumina, Inc., a San Diego-based biotechnology firm. The Court’s judgment was filed on June 19, 2013, and follows a $96 million […]
LARKSPUR, Calif., — BioCision, a leader in advanced products to improve sample standardization and handling in many areas of medical and scientific research, announced today the issuance of new patents by the U.S. Patent Office that apply to two of the company’s thermo-conductive products developed to standardize sample handling to ensure the consistency of test […]
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