DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. (OTC BB: DNAG) today announced that Harvard University has received formal Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for 20 claims that cover diagnostic uses of a novel marker for diabetes licensed by the Company. DNAPrint entered into an agreement with Harvard in January 2006 to sponsor continued research based on the marker, CD59, in the Harvard Medical School laboratory of Dr. Jose Halperin, a named inventor of the allowed claims. These claims, once issued, will provide Harvard additional intellectual property protection to support the development and commercialization by DNAPrint of new diagnostic tests to better define and manage diabetes more effectively.
