Natera sues Inivata, alleging infringement of cancer testing patents (Precision Oncology News)
"Natera…has sued Inivata and its wholly owned subsidiary of the same name for alleged infringement of two of its patents. In its complaint…Natera said Inivata infringes its US Patent Nos. 10,262,755, titled ‘Detecting cancer mutations and aneuploidy in chromosomal segments,’ and 10,597,709, titled ‘Methods for simultaneous amplification of target loci,’ which it said protect intellectual property in the areas of cancer personalized monitoring and molecular residual disease testing. Natera said Inivata infringes these patents by selling, manufacturing, and using various oncology products, including its InVision First-Lung test, which it launched in the US last summer through a partnership with NeoGenomics."