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AlphaGene Wins Patent for Bioinformatics Agents

Mar 24, 2000
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OBURN, Mass.--AlphaGene, an integrated genomics company, announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent for agents used in genomic databases. It covers the use of agents that enable continuous, selective database updates to proceed as new data is entered into the database.

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