Litigation involving US Patent 4500707

4500707

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Affymetrix, Inc. v. PE Corporation (N.Y.) et al.

decided (motion to dismiss denied)

Court:: U.S. District Court (district and division not specified in narrative)

Patents:4458066 4500707 5132418 5153319 4973679

π Affymetrix, Inc.Δ PE Corporation (N.Y.)Δ Competitive Technologies, Inc.Δ Applera Corporation Δ Perseptive Biosystems, Inc.

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.

PE Biosystems v. Affymetrix, Inc.

Court:: U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Patents:4458066 4500707 5132418 5153319 4973679

π PE Biosystems Δ Affymetrix, Inc.

BioCentury reported that PE Biosystems sued Affymetrix in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging infringement of US 4,458,066; 4,500,707; 5,132,418; 5,153,319; and 4,973,679. The case number and outcome were not confirmed.