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US Investigates Origins of Patents on PE Sequencers

May 18, 2000
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LOS ANGELES--US government officials are investigating whether federal funds were used in the 1980s by California Institute of Technology scientists, led by Leroy Hood, to develop the first automated DNA sequencing instrument. If so, patents and licensing agreements for the device, which is now manufactured by PE, could be challenged, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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