Ryogen Receives Nine Human Gene Patents in 2012

Posted: February 12, 2013 at 10:45 am

SUFFERN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Ryogen LLC, a genomic research and development company focusing on genes implicated in clinical diseases, had a very fruitful year in 2012, further developing its Intellectual Property portfolio. In 2012, Ryogen was awarded nine new patents, bringing the total number of issued U.S. Patents to 23 with 18 patent applications pending approval at the U.S. Patent Office.

Ryogens patents and patent applications are directed to genes that play important roles in various cancers, diabetes, obesity, hepatitis C, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's and other diseases. They cover large segments of human chromosomes X, 1, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 17 and 19.

We are very pleased that the USPTO has awarded us these patents, said Dr. James W. Ryan, the named inventor on the patents and Chief Scientist at Ryogen. We can now license this technology to the research facilities that can turn them into tomorrows diagnostics, drugs and treatments.

Ryogen is becoming one of the major gene patent holders, said Valeria Poltorak, Ryogens Executive Vice President. Ryogens patents are available for licensing to the research and biotech community.

About Ryogen LLC

Ryogen LLC, headquartered in Suffern, N.Y., a genomics R&D company, owns an intellectual property (IP) portfolio of 23 gene patents and several patent applications directed to various genes with potentially important applications in biomedical research and, ultimately, diagnostics and drug development. Ryogen was formed with the purpose of making its intellectual property accessible to researchers via licensing of its patents. Ryogen is a business unit in the idea incubator operated by IP Holdings LLC, and Ryogen is managed by General Patent Corporation (GPC). For further information, visit http://www.ryogen.com.

The new additions to the Ryogen patent portfolio include:

The complete list of the issued patents with their descriptions is available at the Patents page of the Ryogen website.

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