Litigation involving US Patent 5153319

5153319

Cases

Active

3 closed

Filed

2000

Top venue

D. Delaware

2 cases

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.

Applera Corporation et al. v. Affymetrix, Inc.

dismissed

Court:: U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Filed:: 2000-07-05
Terminated:: 2001-09-27

Patents:5153319 4458066 4500707 5132418 4973679

π Applera Corporation π Competitive Technologies, Inc.Δ Affymetrix, Inc.

Infringement action by Applera Corporation and Competitive Technologies, Inc. against Affymetrix, Inc. asserting the Caruthers patents, including US 5,153,319. The case was dismissed on September 27, 2001 for lack of subject matter jurisdiction after Affymetrix filed its own action in S.D.N.Y.