NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — Applied Biosystems' parent company has sued Stratagene in the Netherlands and France for allegedly infringing an ABI patent, Stratagene said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday.

 

According to the filing, on May 23 Stratagene received a writ of summons filed by Applera in the District of The Hague in the Netherlands alleging that Stratagene's Mx3000P, Mx3005P, Mx4000P, and "certain related reagents" infringe ABI’s EU patent No. 0 872 562 B1.