Bio-Techne takes legal action in the Unified Patent Court in Europe

Bio-Techne announced that it has taken legal action in the Unified Patent Court in Europe to halt the infringement of its patented RNAscope ISH technology by Molecular Instruments, Inc. Bio-Techne, under its Advanced Cell Diagnostics brand, owns patents covering numerous features of its RNAscope technology. Bio-Techne is a pioneer in spatial biology, with its broad portfolio of over 50,000 unique RNAscope in situ hybridization probes across over 400 species offering its biopharma and academic customers best-in-class single-molecule sensitivity with unrivaled specificity at subcellular resolution. RNAscope is the most referenced technology in the industry, with its rapidly growing portfolio of peer-reviewed publications recently surpassing 10,000. In its lawsuit filed in the Unified Patent Court, in the Netherlands Local Division of the Court of First Instance in The Hague, Bio-Techne alleges that Molecular Instruments’ HCR 3.0 technology infringes ACD’s European Patents 1,910,572 and 2,500,439. The lawsuit seeks damages and injunctive relief requiring Molecular Instruments to stop infringing ACD’s patents in key European markets.