Acacia Technologies Acquires Rights to Patents for Purifying Nucleic Acids

Acacia Research Corporation has announced that Acacia Patent Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary that is part of the Acacia Technologies group has acquired rights to patents relating to purifying nucleic acids.

"As Acacia's licensing success grows, more companies are selecting us as their partner for the licensing of their patented technologies," commented Paul Ryan, Acacia Chairman and CEO. "Acacia is rapidly becoming the leader in technology licensing and we continue to grow our base of future revenues by adding new patent portfolios,” concluded Mr. Ryan.

These patents generally relate to methods and equipment used to purify plasmid DNA products. This technology may be used in the production of ultrapure pharmaceutical quality nucleic acids for DNA-vaccines and gene therapies. The technology is applicable to biotech products for a wide variety of diseases.