Melbourne, Oct 17, 2008 (ABN Newswire) - Benitec Limited (ASX:BLT)(PINK:BNIKF) today announced that a key patent "Control of Gene Expression" part of the Graham patent family of RNA interference (RNAi) patents was granted in New Zealand. The "Control of Gene Expression patent" is a patent in the foundational Graham RNAi patent family and is related to the '099 patent currently under reexamination at the USPTO.
