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Hi Maaze here is the low down on BMI and the current patent infirgment Sorry AJ but what you are saying is not quite right.


Posted On: May 1, 2008 by Milord A. Keshishian
Los Angeles, CA: Patent Declaratory Judgment Of Invalidity, Non-Infringement, and Unenforceability Filed By Patent Attorneys For Branan Medical Against Sun Biomedical Laboratories Over Screening Tests
Los Angeles, CA – Patent attorneys for Branan Medical filed a declaratory judgment of invalidity, non-infringement, and unenforceability lawsuit, under 28 U.S.C. § 2201, in Federal District Court in Los Angeles, against Sun Biomedical Laboratories. Sun Biomedical sent a cease and desist letter to Branan Medical accusing its Oratect III Oral Fluid Drug Screen Device, OratectPlus Oral Fluid Drug & Alcohol Screen Device, and Fastect II Drug Screen Dipstick of infringing on US Patent Nos. 6,046,058 and 6,372,516. Branan Medical, fearing that it would be sued for patent infringement, filed the instant declaratory relief action seeking the Court's ruling on the patents at issue. The case is titled Branan Medical Corporation v. Sun Biomedical Laboratories, Inc., CV 08-01944 MMM (C.D. Cal. 2008)


6372516 - Lateral flow test device, A Immunochromatographical test device including a cap, an absorbent pad, a membrane, a test strip, a holder, and a housing is disclosed. The housing contains the membrane and the test strip which...

6046058 - Color-coded test strip, A test device which includes a housing having an immunochromatographic test strip therein is disclosed. The test strip is color-coded so that the presence or absence of a substance or substances in...


As you can see it was more than just the plastic housing and read out. It go the very guts of the membrane strip.