The Court found that Ariosa’s Harmony non-invasive prenatal test infringed EP 1 524 321 and that the patent claims were valid. The patent is directed to the size selection of extracellular DNA in maternal plasma samples. Size selection boosts the fetal fraction, leading to fewer test samples being rejected for low fetal fraction.
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