Aria Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc., No. 12-1531 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 9, 2013)

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Aria Diagnostics, Inc., now known as Ariosa Diagno s- tics, Inc. (Ariosa ) sought a declaration that its Harmony test did not infringe any claim of U.S. Patent No. 6,258,540 (the ’ 540 patent), owned by defendant Isis Innovation Limited (Isis) and licensed by Isis exclusively to Sequenom, Inc. (Sequenom) . Sequenom counter- claimed, alleging that Ariosa’s Harmony test infringes the ’540 patent.