U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grants Re-Examination of Patent 6,881,571 on Behalf of Jivan Biologics, Inc.

LARKSPUR, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jivan Biologics, Inc. announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has ordered the re-examination of U.S. Patent No. 6,881,571. The serial number for the reexamination is 90/009,017. This patent is the sole subject of the suit ExonHit Therapeutics SA and ExonHit Therapeutics, Inc. filed against Jivan Biologics Inc. on March 12, 2007 in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.