Enzo Biochem’s Life Sciences Unit Reaches $35 Million Patent Infringement Settlement in Delaware With Life Technologies Corporation

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Resolved Suit Is One of 11 Infringement Cases Brought in Delaware Federal District Court; Seven Remain Pending

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Enzo Biochem, Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) today announced that its subsidiary, Enzo Life Sciences, Inc., has reached and finalized a settlement with Life Technologies Corporation, a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO), involving payment of $35 million to Enzo in an action brought in Delaware Federal District Court by Enzo alleging infringement of its U.S. Patents Nos. 6,992,180 entitled Oligo- or Polynucleotides Comprising Phosphate Moiety Labeled Nucleotides and 7,064,197 entitled System, Array and Non-Porous Solid Support Comprising Fixed or Immobilized Nucleic Acids.

Today’s settlement resolving the dispute between Enzo Life Sciences and Life Technologies impacts only one of 11 cases originally brought by Enzo in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware alleging patent infringements against various companies, four of which are now resolved and seven of which remain pending. This settlement does not affect Enzo Life Science’s action brought in Federal District Court in New Haven, CT against Life Technologies’ predecessors Applera Corp. and Tropix, Inc., which remains on appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

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Enzo Biochem is a pioneer in molecular diagnostics, leading the convergence of clinical laboratories, life sciences and intellectual property 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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Released May 16, 2016