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Article: Lexicon Genetics announces issuance of two key gene trapping patents.(Brief Article)
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- BIOTECH Patent News
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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Lexicon Genetics, Inc. (The Woodlands, TX; 281-863-3222) announced that it has been issued United States Patent 6,207,371 (the "371 patent") entitled "Indexed Library of Cells Containing Genomic Modifications and Methods of Making and Utilizing the Same." The newly-issued patent extends the scope of Lexicon's broad patent estate in the field of gene trapping, now covered by a total of four issued United States patents. The gene trapping patents complement Lexicon's gene targeting patent portfolio to provide the company with broad coverage over technologies used to efficiently determine the in vivo functions of genes and their pharmaceutical applications. Lexicon has ...