AbCellera says U.S. Patent Office denies Berkeley Lights’ request for rehearing

AbCellera announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board has denied a rehearing request in an Inter Partes Review filed by Berkeley Lights, Inc. Berkeley Lights that challenged AbCellera’s U.S. Patent No. 10,087,408. AbCellera’s ‘408 Patent is directed to microfluidic devices and using such devices to culture cells, monitor a response, and recover selected cells, an important part of AbCellera’s end-to-end monoclonal antibody development engine.