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Sirna Therapeutics awarded patent covering large-scale synthesis of RNAi-based therapeutics

Sirna Therapeutics has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Sirna U.S. Patent No. 6,989,442 for the chemical synthesis and manufacturing of ribonucleic acids (RNA).

25 Jan 2006

Advanced Biomaterial Systems receives U.S. patent for mixing and dispensing apparatus

Advanced Biomaterial Systems, Inc. (ABS) has received U.S. patent 6,984,063 for an Apparatus for Mixing and Dispensing Components. This patent is a continuation of several patents which incorporate twistOR and Plexis technology.

23 Jan 2006

Morphotek issued patent covering the use of chemical inhibitors of mismatch repair

Morphotek Inc. announced today the issuance of United States Patent 6,982,169 covering the use of chemical inhibitors to enhance evolution of target host cell genomes by reversibly regulating mismatch repair (MMR) in vivo.

23 Jan 2006

QLT announces trial court decision in ongoing Eligard( patent litigation

QLT Inc. has announced a ruling in the on-going litigation between plaintiff TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. and its co-plaintiffs and defendants QLT USA, Inc. and Sanofi-Synthelabo Inc., a member of the Sanofi-aventis Group.

23 Jan 2006

Nanogen issued patent relating to synthetic polymer hydrogels

Nanogen has announced it was issued Patent No. 6,960,298, "Mesoporous permeation layers for use on active electronic matrix devices" by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

8 Nov 2005

CSIRO's RNAi 'gene silencing' patents strengthened

The patent landscape for RNAi 'gene silencing' - including CSIRO's hairpin RNAi technology - has been significantly clarified following the resolution of several opposition and re-examination cases in Australia.

26 Oct 2005

Third Wave Technologies files patent suits against Chiron and Bayer

The company last Friday filed suit against Digene Corp., seeking a court ruling supporting Third Wave's right to sell its human papilloma virus (HPV) products. Third Wave today also filed suit against Chiron Corp., Bayer Corp., and Bayer HealthCare LLC asking for a similar ruling about its right to sell its hepatitis C virus products.

11 Oct 2005

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals granted Staphylococcus Antigen and Vaccine patent

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals has announced that it has been granted U.S. Patent No. 6,936,258 entitled "Staphylococcus Antigen and Vaccine" by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the composition of a strategically important glycoprotein-based antigen (GP-1) associated with three Staphylococcal strains: S. epidermidis, S. haemolyticus and S. hominis.

11 Oct 2005

Arena Pharmaceuticals issue new patent

Arena Pharmaceuticals has announced that it was issued US patent number 6,953,787, entitled "5-HT2C Receptor Modulators," by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

11 Oct 2005

Nanogen subsidiary, Epoch Biosciences issued new patent

Nanogen announced today its subsidiary, Epoch Biosciences, was issued Patent No. 6,951,930, "Hybridization-Triggered Fluorescent Detection of Nucleic Acids" by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

11 Oct 2005

Biothera's beta glucan patents upheld

Cypress Systems Inc. has agreed to stop selling yeast beta glucan and has acknowledged the validity of Biothera's patents as part of the settlement of a lawsuit filed in federal district court last March.

10 Oct 2005

Mylan wins patent litigation

Mylan Laboratories today announced that the federal district court in the Northern District of West Virginia ruled in favor of Mylan in its Oxybutynin patent litigation with Alza Corporation, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.

28 Sep 2005

Nanogen issued patent relating to biological screening device

Nanogen announced today it was issued Patent No. 6,942,778, "Microstructure Apparatus and Method for Separating Differently Charged Molecules Using an Applied Electric Field" by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

26 Sep 2005

Generex Biotechnology granted Canadian patent

Generex Biotechnology Corporation has announced that it has been granted a patent by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office titled "Mixed Micellar Delivery System and Method of Preparation."

12 Sep 2005

Stressgen granted new U.S. patent for treatment of Hepatitis B

Stressgen Biotechnologies announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Patent Number 6,921,534 covering fusion protein compositions comprised of a hepatitis B virus (HBV) antigen fused to a heat shock protein (Hsp), as well as DNA encoding such fusion proteins, and methods of treating an HBV infection using these fusion proteins.

7 Sep 2005

Generex Biotechnology awarded Australian patent

Generex Biotechnology Corporation today announced that it has been granted a patent by the Australian Patent Office titled "Mixed Micellar Pharmaceutical Delivery System and Method of Preparation."

6 Sep 2005

Patent for determining gene function quickly with Hellsgate

A CSIRO innovation for determining gene function quickly and with virtually 100 per cent efficiency has been granted a US patent clarifying its leadership position in the international gene silencing arena.

6 Sep 2005

Domantis successful in patent opposition

Domantis Limited, the human Domain Antibody Therapeutics company, has successfully opposed European patent number EP0656946, leading to a major amendment of the main claim in the patent and a significant narrowing of the scope of 34 of the 41 other claims.

1 Sep 2005

Ichor Medical Systems issued key patent

Ichor Medical Systems today announced that it has been issued a patent that protects vital elements of the company's technology.

25 Aug 2005

BioLife Solutions granted U.S. patent covering new method of preserving cells, tissues or organs

BioLife Solutions announced today that it was granted a U.S. patent that covers the methods and compositions for the preservation of cells, tissues or organs in the vitreous state.

15 Aug 2005