MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Complete Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq:GNOM), announced today that it intends to vigorously defend itself against the patent infringement suit recently filed by Illumina, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. The complaint alleges that Complete infringes a single Illumina patent relating to a “Method for Sequencing a Polynucleotide Template.” Complete considers the lawsuit to be wholly without merit.