Nanogen Issued Patent for DNA Analysis Technologies

Nanogen, developer of advanced diagnostic products, announced that it was issued U.S. Patent No. 6,864,071, "Multiplex amplification and separation of nucleic acid sequences using ligation-dependent strand displacement amplification and bioelectronic chip technology," by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The '071 patent relates to amplifying and analyzing multiple samples of nucleic acid using ligation-based strand displacement amplification technologies.

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