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PCR,  real-time PCR,  real-time RT-PCR:
The PCR process is covered by U.S. Patents 4,683,195 and 4,683,202 and foreign equivalents owned by Hoffmann-La Roche AG. PCR is licensed under U.S. patent numbers 4,683,202, 4,683,195, 4,965,188 and 5,075,216 or their foreign counterparts, owned by Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. and F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

Products for PCR containing Taq DNA  Polymerase, HotStarTaq DNA Polymerase, or Proof Start DNA Polymerase:  Limited License
A license under U.S. Patents 4,683,202, 4,683,195, and 4,965,188 or their foreign counterparts, owned by Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. and F. Hoffmann-La Roche  Ltd ("Roche"), has an up-front fee component and a running-royalty component.  The purchase price of this product includes limited, nontransferable rights under the  running-royalty component to use only this amount of the product to practice the  Polymerase Chain Reaction ("PCR") and related processes described in said patents  solely for the research and development activities of the purchaser when this  product is used in conjunction with a thermal cycler whose use is covered by the up-front fee component. Rights to the up-front fee component must be obtained  by the end user in order to have a complete license. These rights under the up-front  fee component may be purchased from Applied Biosystems or obtained by  purchasing an Authorized Thermal Cycler. No right to perform or offer commercial  services of any kind using PCR, including without limitation reporting the results of  purchaser's activities for a fee or other commercial consideration, is hereby granted  by implication or estoppel. Further information on purchasing licenses to practice  the PCR Process may be obtained by contacting the Director of Licensing at Applied Biosystems, 850 Lincoln Center Drive, Foster City, California 94404 or the  Licensing Department at Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., 1145 Atlantic Avenue,  Alameda, California 94501.

ABgene Trademarks:
ABgene®, ABsolute™, ABsolute™ MAX,  ALPS 300™, CYCLEPLATE®, 2DCYPHER™, Electro-Fast®, H2OBIT™, Gene Frame®, Genisol™, MULTISIP™, ReddyMix™, ReddyRun™, Red Hot®, Reverse-iT™, SEAL-IT 100™, Thermo-Fast®, Thermo-Mat™, Thermo-Start®

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Other trademarks used on Gene Quantification pages (1):
ABI,  and ABI PRISM and GENESCAN are registered trademarks of Applera Corporation or its subsidiaries.
AMPLICOR, AmpliTaq, GeneAmp, and TaqMan are registered trademarks of Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
Exiqon, LNA, ProbeLibrary, ProbeFinder, and One Transcriptome - One Kit are registered trademarks of Exiqon A/S, Vedbaek, Denmark.
Locked Nucleic Acids are covered by U.S. Patent no. US6268490 and other foreign patents and patent applications owned by Exiqon A/S and Prof. Imanishi.
Eppendorf is a registered trademark of Eppendorf-Netheler-Hinz GmbH.
FACS is a  registered trademark of Becton Dickinson and Company.
Mx4000™ Multiplex Quantitative PCR System are registered trademarks of Stratagene Inc.
GeneAmp is a registered trademark of Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
iCycler is a trademark of Bio-Rad  Laboratories, Inc.
LightCycler is a registered trademark of Idaho Technology Inc.
Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
Microsoft is a  registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
SYBR Green I, Oregon Green, and Texas Red are registered trademarks of Molecular Probes, Inc.
Roche is a registered trademark of Hoffman-La Roche, Inc.
Windows and EXCEL are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
ABI PRISM®, VIC™ and NED™ (Applied Biosystems)
BHQ®  (Biosearch Technologies)