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European Patent Office Licenses Sequence Search Software from QBioCom

Jun 09, 2004

NEW YORK, June 9 (GenomeWeb News) - The European Patent Office has licensed sequence analysis software from QBioCom for examining patent applications, the company said yesterday.

 

The EPO will use QBioCom's MPSRCH software, which is based on the Smith-Waterman algorithm and can run on desktop compouters.

 

QBioCom is based in Leatherhead, UK.

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