PhenomeX announces lawsuits filed by AbCellera will proceed in litigation

PhenomeX announced that the series of lawsuits filed by AbCellera in 2020 will now proceed in litigation. AbCellera contends that PhenomeX’s Beacon platform infringes certain U.S. patents claiming methods of cell culture and analysis developed on microfluidic chips featuring microwells and pressurized valves-neither of which are found in PhenomeX’s OptoSelect chips. PhenomeX’s Beacon platform is protected by a growing portfolio of over 500 patents and has been featured in a number of groundbreaking studies, including a study on SARS-CoV-2 research recently published in Cell Reports about the Omicron variant. PhenomeX is confident it will prevail in this litigation and continue its mission to develop and deliver critical cell biology research solutions to its customers. The litigation has resumed, as expected, following resolution of an administrative proceeding on the validity of AbCellera’s U.S. Patent No. 10,087,408 over certain earlier patents and publications. That administrative proceeding is now on appeal.