SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) announced today that Empire Genomics, LLC, has obtained a non-exclusive, worldwide license to a number of Affymetrix patents covering the manufacturing, use and sales of nucleic acid microarrays and related products and services for comparative genomic hybridization (CGH). The arrays and services may be used for research or diagnostic purposes. Financial details of the license were not disclosed.