ALAMEDA, Calif. – BioTime, Inc. (NYSE Amex: BTX) announced today the issuance of United States patent number 7,981,871 titled “Modified Macromolecules and Associated Methods of Synthesis and Use,” covering aspects of the composition of Glycosan hydrogels. The patent and related patent family members, assigned to the University of Utah, are licensed to BioTime’s subsidiary OrthoCyte […]

WILMINGTON, MA – Implant Sciences Corporation (otcqb:IMSC) (pinksheets:IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, today announced it has filed a new patent application with the US Patent and Trademark Office. The patent application, “Chemical Analysis Using Hyphenated Low and High Field Ion Mobility,” is one of several pending for […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced that it has entered into a set of cross-licensing and sub-licensing agreements on a range of intellectual properties with Life Technologies (NASDAQ:LIFE). Under the terms of the agreements, Fluidigm will gain broad access to patent families covering PCR related technologies of Life Technologies. In addition, […]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Angelo Gaitas, President of PicoCal Inc., announces the completion of PicoCal’s SBIR Phase II NSF grant Award No. 0822810, which resulted in a number of breakthrough innovations in high throughput scanning probe microscopy, thermomechanical analysis, and mechanical properties analysis. Angelo Gaitas said that: “PicoCal Inc. continues to innovate and grow. Our […]

In compliance with ASX Continuing Disclosure Rules, Genetic Technologies Limited (ASX: GTG; NASDAQ: GENE) is pleased to report that it has now executed a Settlement and License Agreement with Navigenics Inc. (“Navigenics”) of Foster City, California. Navigenics was a counterparty to the Company’s recently announced patent infringement suit filed in the District Court of Colorado […]

NEW YORK – Enzo Biochem Inc. (NYSE: ENZ) today reported that the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by Life Technologies Corp., thereby enabling it to pursue its claim for substantial damages against Applera Corporation, now Life Technologies Corporation. (NASDAQ: LIFE). The Supreme Court’s action leaves intact a decision from the Court […]

AUSTIN, Texas – Asuragen, Inc., a leader in the development of molecular diagnostics, announced today that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) for claims related to the use of miRNAs as normalizers in gene expression studies. Data normalization is necessary to control for sample variability […]

SAN DIEGO – TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc. (TriLink), a leader in manufacturing high quality oligonucleotides and nucleoside triphosphates, announced today the award of their CleanAmp™ Primer patent by the European Patent Office (EPO Patent no. 2032714). First launched in March of 2008, CleanAmp™ Primers pioneered TriLink’s CleanAmp™ line of next generation Hot Start PCR products. The […]