ABB has uncovered a sophisticated criminal scheme related to a significant embezzlement and misappropriation of funds in its South Korean subsidiary. The treasurer of the South Korean subsidiary is suspected of forging documentation and colluding with third parties to steal from the company. The suspected individual went missing on February 7, 2017 and subsequently ABB […]

CHELMSFORD, Mass.—-Spectro Scientific, one of the world’s largest suppliers of oil, fuel, and processed water analysis instrumentation and software, has been awarded a U.S. patent for a company-developed method to measure water contamination in turbine and other industrial oils. The patent is “Method of measuring water contamination in turbine and other industrial oils”, patent no. […]

Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the UK-based company that sells the only nanopore sequencing device, the MinION portable DNA sequencer and is now releasing the high throughput/high sample number PromethION device, responds to the patent lawsuit now filed in the UK by Pacific Biosciences. Dr Gordon Sanghera, CEO of Oxford Nanopore said “This repeat suit shows the same very one-dimensional reasoning […]

WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek has been granted US patent 9,557,217 for imaging and microplate reading in one instrument. The intellectual property protected by this patent is used in BioTek’s award winning line of Cytation™ Cell Imaging Multi-Mode readers. Other patents are pending. Cytation offers fluorescence, brightfield, color brightfield and phase contrast imaging up to 60x, […]

New Addition to Patent Portfolio Strengthens Aushon’s Leadership Position in Microarray Technology Billerica, MA:  Aushon BioSystems – a leading provider of high sensitivity assays, instrumentation and services for multiplex quantitative detection of protein biomarkers, today announced US Patent No. 9,527,085 entitled “Apparatus and Method for Dispensing Fluid, Semi-Solid and Solid Samples” was issued by the U.S. […]

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office finds U.S. Patent No. 8,658,430 invalid in inter partes review PLEASANTON, Calif. – 10x Genomics, Inc. today announced that the company has prevailed in an inter partes review proceeding before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to invalidate U.S. Patent No. 8,658,430 owned by RainDance Technologies, Inc. 10x initiated the proceeding after […]