ZS Genetics Receives Patents for DNA Sequencing
North Reading, MA – November 12, 2007 – ZS Genetics, Inc. announces the issuance of its first three U.S. patents for its innovative DNA Sequencing technology.
These three patents represent the technology behind the platform being developed by ZS Genetics for advanced DNA Sequencing using electron microscopes. The respective patent claims cover: 1) methods for sequencing nucleic acid polymers, 2) methods for detecting, identifying and/or quantifying nucleic acid polymers and 3) computerized systems for such genetic analyses.
U.S. patents numbered 7,291,467 (Systems and methods of analyzing nucleic acid polymers and related components) and 7,291,468 (Systems and methods of analyzing nucleic acid polymers and related components) were issued to ZS Genetics on November 6, 2007. These two join patent number 7,288,379 (Systems and methods of analyzing nucleic acid polymers and related components) which was issued on October 30, 2007. The applications for these patents were filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office on July 14, 2005.
William R. Glover, III, the inventor and President of ZS Genetics, said, “We are pleased that the USPTO has issued our initial patents so promptly. Our outside-of-the-box approach to this field is not only unique, but will enable researchers to generate ten to a hundred times more information from each molecule analyzed for only a few thousand dollars per genome.”
About ZS Genetics
ZS Genetics, Inc. is developing a technology platform for directly creating detailed images of individual DNA or RNA molecules. Applications for ZSG’s radically different technology platform have been identified in the Expression, Sequencing and Diagnostics markets. ZS Genetics’ technology shows the promise of Sequencing whole genomes in days instead of months, for thousands of dollars instead of millions. Applied to Gene Expression, the ZSG technology is expected to offer scientists the ability to measure the activity of hundreds to thousands of genes in a single cell, with single molecule sensitivity.
Contact:
ZS Genetics, Inc.
Thomas D. Abert
603.847.9143
tda@zsgenetics.com
www.zsgenetics.com