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Gen-Probe enabling technology news

June 17, 1996 7:00 AM UTC

Gen-Probe obtained a jury verdict confirming that it is the sole owner of U.S. Patents Nos. 4,851,330 and 5,288,611, covering technologies to detect disease-causing organisms using genetic probes targeting ribosomal RNA. In 1993, the University of California brought suit, alleging that a UC professor had co-invented the technology. ...