Benitec Limited (ASX:BLT) (PINK:BNIKF) today announced that a patent "Control of Gene Expression", part of the Graham patent family of RNA interference (RNAi) patents was granted in Japan. The "Control of Gene Expression patent" is a patent in the foundational Graham RNAi patent family and is related to the '099 patent currently under reexamination at the USPTO.
ABN Newswire stocks to watch today include: Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX:GXY) (PINK:GALXF), Conquest Mining Limited (ASX:CQT) (PINK:CQMLF), Australian Bauxite Limited (ASX:ABZ), Benitec Limited (ASX:BLT) (PINK:BNIKF), AusTex Oil Limited (ASX:AOK) (PINK:ATXDF), Bandanna Energy Limited (ASX:BND), WestSide Corporation Limited (ASX:WCL) and Texon Petroleum Ltd (ASX:TXN).
Benitec Limited (ASX:BLT) (PINK:BNIKF) provides the following update on the USA Patent Re-examination of the "Graham" patent 6,573,099.
Australia's regenerative medicine company, Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB) (PINK:MBLTY), today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a key patent that provides exclusive commercial protection for its bone tissue generating products through to at least the year 2019 in the United States, the world's largest market for regenerative medicines.
Asian markets are expected to rise today as Wall Street rallied overnight on improved data of manufacturing employment in the US and a takeover of American International Group's Asian arm by British insurer Prudential. Resources shares in Asia were up on Monday as the massive earthquake in Chile raised concerns on copper supplies. Asian markets closed mostly higher yesterday. Japan's Nikkei rose 0.5 per cent, lifted by a rise in non-ferrous metal shares. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gained 2.2 per cent and China's Shanghai Composite added 1.2 per cent on expectations Beijing may retain an appropriately loose monetary policy at the upcoming meeting of the National People's Congress.
ABN Newswire stocks to watch today include: AuDAX Resources Ltd (ASX:ADX)(PINK:ADXRF), Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU)(PINK:BXRDF), Pan Asia Corporation Limited (ASX:PZC), Magnetic Resources NL (ASX:MAU), Benitec Limited (ASX:BLT) (PINK:BNIKF), Rex Minerals Limited (ASX:RXM) and NewSat Limited (ASX:NWT).
Benitec Limited (ASX:BLT) (PINK:BNIKF) is one of the pioneers of RNA interference (RNAi) technology, which can be used to precisely destroy RNA viruses and silence the expression of defective genes. Benitec's core patents and licenses provide key technologies to trigger RNAi in human cells and in live animals. Benitec holds exclusive worldwide rights for the development and commercialisation of all therapeutic human applications.
