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 European Patent Office has issued a new patent, No. 3352584, to the company’s TriLink BioTechnologies subsidiary. The patent relates […]

Unique approach harnesses Evonetix’s thermally-controlled DNA-on-chip technology to simplify writing, accessing and reading stored DNA Demonstrates potential application of Evonetix’s technology beyond gene synthesis Cambridge, UK – EVONETIX LTD (‘Evonetix’), the synthetic biology company developing a desktop platform for scalable, high-fidelity and rapid gene synthesis, today announced it has been granted patent GB 2576304 for its […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — TriAltus Bioscience announced that the U.S Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No 10,759,830 for its CLīM affinity tag system, which delivers proteins with ultra-high purity and yield in a single step. The patent, entitled “Bacterial colicin-immunity protein purification system,” covers mutations made to colicin E7, a naturally occurring e.coli protein, […]

UK Intellectual Patent Office (UK IPO) has granted RevoluGen’s third patent covering its spin-based Fire Monkey High Molecular Weight (HMW) DNA extraction/size selection technology RevoluGen now owns controlling IP covering novel chemistry, column matrix and elution method Fire Monkey HMW-DNA Extraction/Size Selection produces library-ready homogenous, long-length DNA (average appx. 100kb +) for short- and long-read […]

Agreement to Cross License Single Cell Technologies Ends all Ongoing Legal Disputes  PLEASANTON, Calif. — 10x Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TXG) today announced that it has entered into a global settlement and cross-license agreement with Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb). The agreement resolves all outstanding litigation and other proceedings between the two companies across […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today affirmed its commitment to re-acquire GRAIL, a healthcare company focused on multi-cancer early detection. “This acquisition is procompetitive, and we have offered far-reaching structural and behavioral remedies to address any potential concerns. Illumina will continue to work with the European Commission (EC) to ensure that it has […]

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. […]