The integration of the sequence of each single cell coupled with IsoPlexis’ proprietary functional proteomics accelerates insights into discovery biology & development of advanced medicines BRANFORD, Conn. — IsoPlexis, the leader in functional single-cell proteomics, today announced the acquisition of an extensive intellectual property portfolio of 86 patents related to DNA and RNA sequencing. These nucleic […]
Today the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a unanimous Precedential Opinion and Judgment affirming the jury’s March 2020 verdict in the PacBio v. Oxford Nanopore case, that invalidated a number of PacBio patents. This has been a long running dispute in which Oxford Nanopore has repeatedly prevailed. In 2018, Oxford Nanopore was […]
SAN DIEGO — Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO), announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office will issue US Patent No. 10,995,364 today, May 4, 2021. The patent, titled “METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SINGLE-MOLECULE WHOLE GENOME ANALYSIS” covers methods for labeling DNA molecules with one or more sequence-specific probes and detecting the signal from […]
The European Commission has fined Sigma-Aldrich €7.5 million for providing incorrect or misleading information during the Commission’s investigation under the EU Merger Regulation of Merck’s acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich. Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “The effectiveness of our merger control system relies on the accuracy of the information provided by the companies involved. […]
SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today that it has filed an action in the General Court of the European Union asking for annulment of the European Commission’s decision asserting jurisdiction to review Illumina’s acquisition of GRAIL. The Commission asserted jurisdiction to review the acquisition under Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation […]
SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), today announced that it disagrees with, and will oppose, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s challenge to its previously announced acquisition of GRAIL, a pre-commercial company founded to accelerate early screening of cancer. Illumina will pursue its right to proceed with the transaction, the impact of which would […]
MGI makes the following statement: We welcome the Court’s decision to give us the permission to appeal the judgment, and we intend to file its appeal with the Court of Appeal. As permitted by the Court, we will continue to supply sequencing reagents to our existing customers in the UK during the appeal period. Although MGI […]
Advancement Expected to Further Accelerate Development of mRNA Vaccines and Therapeutics SAN DIEGO — Maravai LifeSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVI), a global provider of life science reagents and services to researchers and biotech innovators, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a new patent, United States Patent No. 10,913,768, to the company’s […]
J&X Technologies to pay Agilent more than $1.25 million in damages for “willful and malicious” theft of Agilent trade secrets SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has won a judgement in federal court for patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation against Shanghai-based J&X Technologies. The court victory in the […]
WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek Instruments, an Agilent Technologies, Inc., company, announces that it was granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the Automated Media Exchange (AMX) module for the MultiFlo FX Multi-Mode Dispenser. In cell biology workflows, the automated MultiFlo FX with AMX module enables hands-free, gentle, and highly consistent media exchanges […]
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