Trademarks & Patents

PathDetect, PfuTurbo®, RoboCycler® and XL10-Gold are registered trademarks of Stratagene in the United States.

Absolutely RNA™, Cloning Matrix™, EXL™, GeneJungle™, GeneZoo™, Mx4000™, Mycoplasma Plus™, QuikChange™, QuikSpot™ and Vitality™ are trademarks of Stratagene in the United States.

Μ Use of AAV vectors is covered by U.S. Patent Nos. 5,622,856, 5,945,335, 6,001,650, 6,004,797 and 6,027,931 and is limited to use solely for research purposes. Any other use of the AAV Helper-Free System requires a license from Avigen, Inc.

δ Purchase of Cloning Matrix™ products includes a limited license to use these products for research purposes. A commercial license is available, on a clone by clone basis, which can be obtained for a fixed fee without any royalty obligation. For information on commercial use licenses, please contact Stratagene's Product Manager for Libraries at 800-424-5444.

‡ Purchase of these products is accompanied by a license to use them in the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) process in conjunction with an Authorized Thermal Cycler. Stratagene's PCR products are sold under licensing arrangements with Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., F. Hoffman-La Roche and Applied Biosystems.

§§ Purchase of the HUCL products includes a limited license to use these products for research purposes. A commercial license is available, on a clone by clone basis, which can be obtained for a fixed fee without any royalty obligation. For information on commercial use licenses, please contact Stratagene's Product Manager for Libraries at (800) 424- 5444.

ΠΠΠ The purchase price of the Mx4000™ multiplex quantitative PCR system includes the up-front fee component of a license under the patents on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) process, which are owned by Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc. and F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd., to practice the PCR process for internal research and development. The running-royalty component of that license may be purchased directly from Applied Biosystems or obtained by purchasing Authorized Reagents. This instrument is also an Authorized Thermal Cycler for use with applications licenses available from Applied Biosystems. Its use with Authorized Reagents also provides a limited PCR license in accordance with the label rights accompanying such reagents. Purchase of this instrument does not itself convey to the purchaser a complete license or right to perform the PCR process. Further information on purchasing licenses to practice the PCR process may be obtained by contacting the Director of Licensing at Applied Biosystems, 850 Lincoln Centre Drive, Foster City, California 94404.

Use of labeling reagents may require licenses from entities other than Stratagene. For example, use of fluorogenic probes in 5' nuclease assays may require licenses under U.S. Patent Nos. 6,214,979, 5,804,375, 5,210,015 and 5,487,972 owned by Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. and under U.S. Patent No. 5,538,848 owned by Applied Biosystems.

§ Purchase of this PCR-related product does not convey any rights under the PCR patents owned by Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.. A license to use the PCR process accompanies the purchase of certain reagents from Stratagene when used in conjunction with an Authorized Thermal Cycler.

Ψ Certain hrGFP products, and other products containing hrGFP variants, are covered by the following license terms.

Use of Stratagene's Vitality™ hrGFP products containing DNA sequences coding for Renilla reniformis green fluorescent protein (GFP) variants or proteins thereof ("Products") requires a license from Stratagene.

With purchase of the Products, non-profit research entities are granted a complimentary license for non-commercial research use, the terms of which are disclosed in detail in the Non-Commercial

Research Use License for Nonprofit Entities accompanying the Products.

Commercial entities are granted a license for non-commercial research use, the terms of which are disclosed in detail in the Non-Commercial Research Use License for Commercial Entities. These licenses specifically exclude any rights to (i) modify the coding region of the nucleic acid encoding the fluorescent protein of the Products, (ii) offer the Products, or any component, derivative or modification thereof, for resale, or (iii) distribute, transfer, or otherwise provide access to, the Products, or any component, derivative or modification thereof, to any third party for any purpose or use. For non-commercial research use license information, please contact: Stratagene, Vice President of Business Development, 858-535-5400 (phone) or 858-535-0071 (fax).

For commercial use license information, please contact: Stratagene, Vice President of Business Development, 858-535-5400 (phone) or 858-535-0071 (fax).

Ω This product was made using the Polymerase Chain Reaction ("PCR") process which is covered by patents owned by Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. and F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd ("Roche"). No license to use the PCR process is conveyed expressly or by implication to the purchaser by the purchase of this product. Information on purchasing licenses to practice the PCR process may be obtained by contacting the Licensing Department, Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., 1145 Atlantic Avenue, Alameda, California 94501.

#Practice of the patented Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) process requires a license. Stratagene's thermal cycler is an Authorized Thermal Cycler. Its use with Authorized Reagents provides a limited PCR license in accordance with the label rights accompanying such reagents. It may also be used with PCR licenses available from Applied Biosystems.

δδ Use of the QuikChange™ Multi site-directed mutagenesis kit by commercial entities requires the user to obtain a commercial license from Stratagene. For commercial license information, please contact the Business Development Office at 858-535-5400.