Diagnostics
The patent situation for diagnostic sequences is complex and fast-moving. New sequences and sequence combinations with clinical potential for early diagnosis, drug metabolism analysis, treatment response prediction, and patient sub-group categorization are being uncovered at a rapid rate. The patent landscape includes requisite considerations of prior art, precedent, principles of nature, and, of course, sequence similarity.
Without the right tools, patent position analysis of diagnostic sequences and legal strategy development can be slow and difficult. GenomeQuest makes this work much faster and more efficient. By eliminating the common practices of iterative BLAST searches and micro-analyzing long, confusing BLAST search result reports, the GenePAST algorithm in GenomeQuest makes short work of diagnostic sequence searches. And GQ-PAT, the industry's largest and most complete index of patented sequences, provides direct access to the worldwide IP documentation of any known or potential diagnostic sequence.
In addition to providing indexed patent sequence and annotation data, the GQ-PAT database includes supplemental and derived information such as patent families and equivalents, and click-through access to actual patent filing documents. It has never been easier to assess the patent position of diagnostic sequences than it is now, with GenomeQuest.