GenomeWeb is reporting that Applied Biosystems and MDS won their patent suit against Micromass to the tune of $47.5M. The patent in question is US4963736: Mass spectrometer and method and improved ion transmission, which ABI and MDS call technology for “triple quadrupole mass spectrometers.” Also see CNNMoney and Reuters financial news stories.
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