Licensing and Patents

OGT has a large number of patent families covering a range of technologies. OGT actively out-licences certain technologies and in particular operates an open licensing policy for the company’s fundamental microarray technology. OGT also has an interest in in-licensing technologies in the general area of genomic analysis.

OGT has extensive experience in

• patent strategy development and management
• patent maintenance
• negotiation and completion of licensing deals

and offers ongoing consultancy in all IP areas.

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The intellectual property (IP) portfolio of OGT encompasses a wide range of techniques and technologies and includes:-

• DNA microarray technology
• Chemistry for attaching oligonucleotides to surfaces
• Electropatterning of surfaces
• Hybridisation and chain extension technologies for sequence determination
• Scanning technology.

Post-licensing relationship management forms a key component of the licensing strategy and any one interested in either the out- or in-licensing opportunities are invited to contact licensing.