Article: Gene-IT Announces Gene Sequence Patent Strength Service Featuring GenePAST ``Percent Identity'' Algorithm; Service Rapidly Reports on Novelty of Gene and Protein Sequences.

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WORCESTER, Mass. and PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2002

Gene-IT today announced a new Patent Strength Service, leveraging an algorithm that detects the percent identity of novel-candidate gene and protein sequences against those registered in patent databases.

Determining the novelty of a gene patent claim is often the first test for determining freedom-to-operate for developers of new targets. Yet results from popular "biologically-relevant" search tools - designed for a wholly different purpose - vary. They depend on the parameters used for an array of search options, the size of the query sequence in ...

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