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Biotech / Medical : Trickle Portfolio
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To: tuck who wrote (1312)1/6/2003 7:55:30 PM
From: tuck  Read Replies (1) of 1784
 
IP issues. Apparently, HTS' systems use gratings instead of prisms:

htsbiosystems.com

However, I see patent applications, as yet unassigned, that come from that area of Mass. and that area of Denmark, such that one can be fairly sure who the assignees are going to be. First HTS, then Biacore:

appft1.uspto.gov

and

appft1.uspto.gov

And gratings figure prominently in both. It's not like the whole concept of gratings is novel.

Also interesting is this one, using a different technique (surface-selective nonlinear optical) that claims advantages over most others:

appft1.uspto.gov

Anyhow, I didn't find granted patents in this area; perhaps I wasn't searching correctly. In sum, it would appear that these are sufficiently different that they won't land in court. The two companies are definitely aware of each other.

Cheers, Tuck
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