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OGT Licenses Array IP to Two More Japanese Companies

Aug 15, 2006
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Two more Japanese companies have licensed Oxford Gene Technology’s oligonucleotide microarray patents to sell arrays, OGT said today.
 
Bio Matrix Research, a bio venture company launched by Tokyo University of Science, will develop and commercialize products and microarrays to be marketed in Japan, the company said.
 
Filgen will conduct a microarray service in Japan using licensed microarrays.
 
The licenses will remain valid for the patents’ lifetime.
 
Financial details were not disclosed.
 
OGT this month has licensed its patents to Japanese companies Yamatake and NGK Insulators.

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