Spectro Scientific Wins Patent for Extending LaserNet Fines® Particle Analysis Technology with Ferrous Particle Measurement Capability (Chelmsford, MA) Spectro Scientific, one of the world’s largest suppliers of oil, fuel, and processed water analysis instrumentation and software, has been awarded U.S. patent 9,274,041, “Particle counter and classification system”, to extend the LaserNet Fines® particle analysis technology […]
Biotage has won a long-running patent dispute against competitor CEM. The dispute originates from 2011 when Biotage challenged the validity of claims in two process patents filed by CEM in Europe and Japan relating to a method of microwave assisted solid phase peptide synthesis. In May 2013, CEM prematurely claimed to have won the patent […]
Spectro Scientific Wins Patent for Coolant and Diesel Exhaust Fluid Measurement Method Used in its CoolCheckTM 2 Analyzer (Chelmsford, MA) Spectro Scientific, one of the world’s largest suppliers of oil, fuel, and processed water analysis instrumentation and software, has been awarded U.S. patent 9,448,112 B2 for a method to measure two key vehicle fluids. The patent […]
Company Holds Largest IP Portfolio Encompassing Processor-Based Analysis of Next-Generation Sequencing Data SAN DIEGO – Edico Genome, creator of the world’s first processor designed to analyze next-generation sequencing data, today announced the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued an additional five, foundational patents surrounding the DRAGEN™ platform for analysis and storage of genomic data. […]
“It’s another pore excuse for a lawsuit,” said Dr Gordon Sanghera, CEO. ” We believe this is another frivolous lawsuit brought by a competitor nervous about our superior technology. I would like to assure all our customers that this and other actions will not disrupt our commercial operations.” New: GridION – a real time, ultra-long […]
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. […]
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