Litigation
Affymetrix, Inc. v. PE Corporation (N.Y.) et al.
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Affymetrix sought a declaration of unenforceability for inequitable conduct, alleging that UPI/Competitive Technologies failed to disclose the Caruthers & Matteucci 1980 Tetrahedron Letters article during prosecution of the '066 and '679 patents. The court denied defendants' Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss and allowed a patent misuse theory concerning the '679 patent. The '066 patent expired 2001-07-03.
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