Notice regarding Bio-Rad thermal cyclers and real-time systems.
Purchase of this instrument conveys a limited non-transferable immunity from suit for the purchaser's own internal research and development and for use in human in vitro diagnostics and all other applied fields under one or more of U.S. Patents 5,656,493, 5,333,675, 5,475,610 (claims 1, 44, 158, 160–163 and 167 only), and 6,703,236 (claims 1–7 only), or corresponding claims in their non-U.S. counterparts, owned by Applera Corporation. No right is conveyed expressly, by implication or by estoppel under any other patent claim, such as claims to apparatus, reagents, kits, or methods such as 5' nuclease methods. Further information on purchasing licenses may be obtained by contacting the Director of Licensing, Applied Biosystems, 850 Lincoln Centre Drive, Foster City, California 94404, USA.
Bio-Rad's real-time thermal cyclers are licensed real-time thermal cyclers under Applera's United States Patent 6,814,934 B1 for use in research, human in vitro diagnostics, and all other fields except veterinary diagnostics.
Bio-Rad's thermal cyclers and real-time thermal cyclers are covered by one or more of the following U.S. patents or their foreign counterparts owned by Eppendorf AG: U.S. Patent Nos. 6,767,512 and 7,074,367.
