City of Hope

The Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Glaxo Group Limited, a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline, have been jointly awarded US Patent No. 8,389,802, "Artificial chromosomes, uses thereof, and methods for preparing artificial chromosomes.

City of Hope has been awarded US Patent No. 8,227,191, "Method for amplification and detection of RNA sequences."
George Murakawa, Bruce Wallace, John Zaia, and John Rossi are named as inventors on the patent.

Lawrence Livermore National Security has been awarded RE43,365, "Apparatus for chemical amplification based on fluid partitioning in an immiscible liquid." The patent is a reissuance of RE41,780 issued in September 2010, which itself was a reissuance of US Patent No.