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Affymetrix loses first round of patent battle

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A British judge ruled last week that Affymetrix did not have the right to use techniques developed by Southern, perhaps best known as the inventor of the eponymous ‘Southern blot’ used for isolating and identifying DNA sequences.

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Dickson, D. Affymetrix loses first round of patent battle. Nature 404, 697 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35008240

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