Gene-IT Licenses GenomeQuest(TM) to Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO).WORCESTER, Mass. -- Government agency responsible for administration and processing of IP in Canada to use GenomeQuest as genomic sequence knowledge source for biotech patent examiners A patent examiner or patent clerk is an employee, usually a civil servant, working within a patent office. Major employers of patent examiners are the European Patent Office (EPO), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Japan Patent Office. In the latest of a series of new client signings, Gene-IT, a leader in genome-scale sequence comparison and mining software and managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality , today announced that it has signed an agreement to license its flagship GenomeQuest(TM) offering to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is the patent, trademark, and copyright administration body of Canada. See also
CIPO Canadian Immunodeficiencies Patient Organization CIPO CINC Interoperability Program Office CIPO Chief Intellectual Property Officer CIPO Critical Infrastructure Protection Officer ). GenomeQuest is a genomic information service and software application that provides sequence comparison solutions for biological and patent investigators. With CIPO's increased recognition as an international intellectual property (IP) search authority, the organization's ability to provide up-to-the-minute, accurate information becomes even more important. GenomeQuest will enable CIPO's biotech examiners to participate in searching the most recent patent records using both biological and IP-sensitive search methods. CIPO is a special operating agency of Industry Canada Industry Canada is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for regional economic development, investment, and innovation/research and development. The department employs 6104 FTEs across Canada. , and is the government body responsible for the administration of the greater part of the intellectual property system in Canada. The terms of the agreement call for Gene-IT to provide access to GenomeQuest services for all IP examiners in CIPO's biotech practice. GenomeQuest enables users to perform simultaneous, large-scale genomic and proteomic sequence comparisons, and rapidly obtain a structured presentation of the best-fit answers drawn from the most up-to-date sources of global patent information. Ron Ranauro, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Gene-IT, said, "We are very pleased to be selected as the IP search solution for the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. The adoption of our offering by a growing number of issuing patent authorities is a major endorsement of GenomeQuest. We are delighted to provide CIPO's biotech IP examiners with its capabilities." GenomeQuest provides automated search capability and context-sensitive views of sequence information. The system couples sequence retrieval with sequence comparison for inter- and cross-species comparison of up-to-date biological and patent reference data. End-users initiate questions by retrieving sequence records using text identifiers, gene names, patent numbers and other keywords, and immediately cross-compare them with new information contained in and linked to sequence alignments. About Gene-IT Gene-IT combines large-scale sequence comparison and mining software with managed services so that bench scientists, investigators, lawyers, and non-specialist users can benefit from up-to-date information available in public, private, and patent sequence databases. Gene-IT's innovative sequence-centric technology overcomes the limits of relational-based systems by allowing sequence annotation 1. (programming, compiler) annotation - Extra information associated with a particular point in a document or program. Annotations may be added either by a compiler or by the programmer. data to "travel" with the sequence into all results - whether from sequence comparison or sequence look-ups - to allow efficient screening of results, enabling faster decision-making and improved R&D efficiency. Gene-IT is headquartered in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. near Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation). Boston is the capital and most populous city of Massachusetts.[3] The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New and in Europe near Paris, France. For more information, please contact Susan Barry at 508-754-7300, or visit Gene-IT on the web at: www.genomequest.com. |
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