A patent infringement lawsuit by Stanford University and licensee CareDx Inc against genetic testing company Natera Inc survived a motion to dismiss on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Delaware.
The complaint, filed in March, accuses Natera of infringing two patents on a blood test that uses cell-free DNA to detect the rejection of a transplanted organ. CareDx uses the technology in its AlloSure blood test for monitoring kidney transplants. Natera began marketing a similar test this year, referred to in the complaint as the Natera Kidney Transplant Rejection Test.
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