US PTO awards Rosetta two microRNA patents
US-listed diagnostics firm Rosetta Genomics says that the Patent and Trademark Office has approved two of its applications on human (10/604,726) and viral (10/604,942) microRNAs. The first allowed patent is related to two clustered human hairpins and their related microRNAs an the second to microRNA US5-1, a viral microRNA found in human cytomegalovirus, a member of the herpes virus family.
"Our leading intellectual property portfolio in microRNAs, which now includes two issued and two allowed patents, is a key component of our business strategy," said Amir Avniel, chief executive of Rosetta. "Combining our proprietary microRNAs with microRNAs discovered in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University exclusively licensed to Rosetta Genomics, we believe we have exclusive access to the majority of known human and viral microRNA genes," he added.
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