Posted On:
January 26, 2012
Judge Robinson claim construction order construing terms of a patent covering DNA sequencing technology
In Ladatech, LLC v. Illumina, Inc., C.A. No. 09-627-SLR (D. Del. Jan. 24, 2012), Judge Robinson construed the following terms of U.S. Patent No. 6,107,023 which is directed toward DNA sequencing technology:
"A method of amplifying a mixture of different sequence duplex DNA
fragments, comprising:"
"linker"
"double-stranded linker"
"Both strands of the fragments, at both fragment ends"
"Single fragment strand"
"Primer"
"A primer"
"Whose sequence is complementary to a linker region on each fragment
strand"
"Linker region"
"Each fragment strand"
"Repeating said denaturing, hybridizing, and converting steps until a
desired degree of amplification is achieved"
