The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain microfluidic systems and components thereof and products containing same. The products at issue in the investigation include microfluidic cartridges, reagents, and devices for preparing samples for sequencing. The investigation is based on a complaint filed by 10X Genomics, Inc., of Pleasanton, […]
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB) announced today that the U.S. International Trade Commission (the “ITC”) has terminated its investigation into whether Oxford Nanopore’s MinION and PromethION devices and associated consumables, reagents, and software infringe one or more claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 9,404,146 and 9,542,527, owned by Pacific Biosciences. The decision by the ITC is based on its […]
In November 2016, PacBio filed a Complaint with the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) alleging that Oxford Nanopore infringed two of PacBio’s patents and seeking to prevent Oxford Nanopore from selling its product in the United States. Today, the ITC Commission has made a Final Determination affirming the Administrative Judge’s decision that Oxford Nanopore has not […]
Another New Year. Another new patent. Stratedigm’s latest patent granted by the United States Patent Office is the next leap forward in microparticle detection. It gives users the ability to measure both small and large particles all within one sample. It provides an industry-leading three decades of dynamic range off the SSC and FSC channels […]
BioAxial, a developer and seller of Conical Diffraction Microscopy (CODIM) technology, has been granted a US patent covering ‘black fluorophore’ technology, which will be included in the second generation of CODIM products. Black fluorophore is an important component of ‘dark tracking’ technology, which belongs to a new family of super resolution techs in microscopy that […]
New technology will be included in the second generation of CODIM products, providing access to single molecule tracking with true nanoscopic molecular resolution Paris, France – BioAxial, a key player in live cell super resolution microscopy, today announces that it has been granted a US patent covering ‘black fluorophore’, a pivotal component of ‘dark tracking’ technology. […]
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — SomaGenics, an RNA-focused biotechnology company, expands its IP protection with three newly issued patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering two of the Company’s core RNA detection technologies: targeted small RNA sequencing (RealSeq®-T) and quantitative PCR analysis of RNA fragments (ResQ®), as well as SomaGenics’ therapeutic sshRNA®s. A patent […]
Patent covers successful integration of an external DNA sequenceinto the chromosome of eukaryotic cells using CRISPR Fourth patent allowance for Merck’s CRISPR technology; similarpatents from Australian, Canadian and European Patent Officesalready received Merck to license its CRISPR-related patents to interested parties Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that the Intellectual Property Office […]
CAMBRIDGE, England CS Genetics Limited, a developer of tools and techniques for genomics, was granted its first patent (GB 2,539,675 B) on 22 November 2017. CS Genetics is developing Coding Strand Sequencing™: a platform for instrument-free, solution-phase indexing of nucleic acids. Coding Strand Sequencing™ uses a new class of macromolecular indexing tool called Coding Strands™ to tag […]
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