Enzo Biochem Announces August 18, 2014 as Date of Markman Hearing in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Leading Life Sciences Companies

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Enzo Biochem, Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) announced today that U.S. District Judge Leonard P. Stark has established August 18th as the date for a patent claim construction hearing, also called a Markman hearing, involving Enzo Life Science’s U.S. Patents Nos. 6,992,180, 7,064,197, and 8,097,405. The hearing will be held in Delaware District Court. One or more of these patents is asserted against Abbott Labs, Affymetrix, Agilent, Becton Dickinson, Gen-Probe, Hologic, Illumina, Life Technologies, Luminex, Roche, and Siemens, and their related entities.

At such a hearing, the Judge will be asked to issue rulings regarding the language and interpretation of Enzo's patents at issue in the case. Markman hearings are considered a key event in a patent lawsuit. The upcoming Markman ruling will define the property rights for the technologies that Enzo has invented. Such rulings often drive and inform many aspects of the litigation.

About Enzo Biochem

Enzo Biochem is a pioneer in molecular diagnostics, leading the convergence of clinical laboratories, life sciences and therapeutics through the development of unique diagnostic platform technologies that provide numerous advantages over previous standards. A global company, Enzo Biochem utilizes cross-functional teams to develop and deploy products systems and services that meet the ever-changing and rapidly growing needs of health care both today and into the future. Underpinning Enzo Biochem's products and technologies is a broad and deep intellectual property portfolio, with patent coverage across a number of key enabling technologies.

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Source: Enzo Biochem, Inc.

Released July 29, 2014