Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTG) (NASDAQ: CBMX) announced today that industry veteran, Dindyal Ramkissoon has been appointed Vice President of Sales and Marketing of its CombiMatrix group’s subsidiary, Combimatrix Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (CMDX). Mr. Ramkissoon, one of the cytogenetics industry’s most accomplished sales and marketing executives, will be responsible for leading CMDX’s marketing initiatives for its innovative molecular diagnostics business and for assembling CMDX’s national sales organization.