Beverly, Mass.—— Enzymatics, Inc., a rapidly growing provider of molecular biology reagents, today announced that patent infringement claims filed against the company by New England BioLabs (NEB) have been significantly narrowed. NEB has completely withdrawn the claim that Enzymatics infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,670,637 (‘637) and has conceded that U.S. Patent No. 5,874,557 (‘557) […]

Burnaby, B.C.,~ Photon Control Inc. (the “Company”) (TSX-V: PHO), a leading developer of innovative measurement technologies, announces that the Supreme Court of Canada has denied the Company’s application for leave to appeal the decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal in the litigation involving the Company and John Kidder, who was formerly the President […]

Malvern Instruments Inc. has scored a decisive win in the final round of a long-running court battle waged by Wyatt Technology Corporation regarding the sale of Malvern’s Zetasizer Nano range in the US. Wyatt had alleged copyright infringement of software and other materials, false advertising and theft of trade secrets, and sought damages from Malvern […]

(Woburn, MA) — CryoXtract Instruments, LLC, a leader in developing unique automation solutions for preserving and optimizing frozen biological samples, announced today that the United States Patent Office has granted U.S. Patent No. 8,448,456 related to systems, methods and devices for aliquotting frozen biosamples. This patent is jointly owned by Harvard University and Northeastern University, […]

SEATTLE – NanoString Technologies, Inc., a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be sold and the price range […]

New Brighton, – Cellectis (NYSE PA: ALCLS), the global genome engineering specialist, announced the issuance by the USPTO on May 14th, 2013 of two new US patents (US 8,440,431 and US 8,440,432) directed to TAL-effector nucleases. As a leader in the genome engineering industry, the molecules produced by Cellectis have been distributed to prestigious laboratories […]

Matthews, North Carolina – CEM Corporation, a leading global provider of microwave laboratory instrumentation is pleased to announce that its European Patent No. 1 491 552 covering microwave assisted solid phase peptide synthesis has been upheld in an oral proceeding at the European Patent Office. The opposition proceeding had been initiated by Biotage in an […]

Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. announced today the settlement of patent infringement disputes between EMD Millipore and Gore in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and […]

Bernd Gewiese, Ph.D. Dr. Gewiese has served since January 2013 as Co-President of Bruker BioSpin Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and, together with Dr. Maas, is responsible for the global operations of our Bruker BioSpin Group, which manufactures and distributes magnetic resonance and preclinical imaging instrumentation in the basic research, life sciences and […]

CHELMSFORD, MA – Spectro Inc., a global supplier of oil and fuel analysis instruments to industry and the military, has been awarded a U.S. patent for an innovative flip- top sample head for infrared spectrometers used in fluids analysis. Compared to conventional flow-through cells, the patented head’s flip-top cell improves convenience and efficiency while enabling […]