Illumina and its wholly-owned subsidiary Verinata Health have filed a patent infringement suit against Premaitha Health over IP relating to non-invasive prenatal testing, the companies said today.
The suit, filed in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Patents Court in the UK, asserts European Patent (UK) 0 994 963 B2 and European Patent (UK) 1 981 995 B1, both relating to the use of cell-free fetal DNA for NIPT.
Illumina licenses the patents exclusively from Sequenom and Stanford University. Stanford joined the suit because it is the registered owner of the ‘995 B1 patent. Read more.
Prenatal Information Research Consortium 