Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Palatine, Ill., received U.S. Patent No...Advanced Cell Technology Inc., of Marlborough, Mass., received U.S. Patent No...AgonOx LLC, of Portland, Ore., received U.S. Patent No

Quest PharmaTech Inc., of Edmonton, Alberta, received a notice of allowance for a patent, titled "Combination Therapy for Treating Disease...Silence Therapeutics plc, of London, received a notice of allowance for a patent directed to the technology involved in AtuPLEX, one of its small interfering RNA delivery systems...Vermillion Inc., of Austin, Texas, received a notice of allowance for a patent, titled "Biomarkers for Peripheral Artery Disease

Alethia Biotherapeutics Inc., of Montreal, received U.S. Patent No...Convergen LifeSciences, of Austin, Texas, was granted U.S. Patent No...EffRx Pharmaceuticals SA, of Lausanne, Switzerland, received U.S. Patent No

Pharmasset Inc., of Princeton, N.J., received U.S. Patent No...Rosetta Genomics Inc., of Rehovot, Israel, received U.S. Patent No...Tioga Pharmaceuticals Inc., of San Diego, received U.S. Patent No

MultiCell Technologies Inc., of Woonsocket, R.I., was issued U.S. Patent No...Odyssey Thera Inc., of San Ramon, Calif., was granted U.S. Patent No

QRxPharma Ltd., of Sydney, Australia, received U.S. Patent No...Silence Therapeutics plc, of London, received U.S. Patent No...Symphogen A/S, of Copenhagen, Denmark, received U.S. Patent No

GenSpera Inc., of San Antonio, received U.S. Patent No...LPath Inc., of San Diego, received U.S. Patent No...NephRx Corp., of Kalamazoo, Mich., received U.S. Patent No

Agennix AG, of Planegg, Germany, received U.S. Patent No...Angiochem Inc., of Montreal, received U.S. Patent No...Ceapro Inc., of Edmonton, Alberta, received U.S. Patent No

LPath Inc., of San Diego, received U.S. Patent No...MorphoSys AG, of Martinsried, Germany, received U.S. Patent No...Vermillion Inc., of Austin, Texas, received U.S. Patent No

Aeris Therapeutics Inc., of Woburn, Mass., received U.S. Patent No...Dyadic International Inc., of Jupiter, Fla., received U.S. Patent No...ISTO Technologies Inc., of St. Louis, received U.S. Patent No

Omni Bio Pharmaceutical Inc., of Denver, has received U.S. Patent No...Soligenix Inc., of Princeton, N.J., has received U.S. Patent No

Immunitor USA Inc., of College Park, Md., has received U.S. Patent No...Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif., has received U.S. Patent No

4SC AG, of Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, received U.S. Patent No...Celator Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Princeton, N.J., has received U.S. Patent No

Lophius Biosciences, of Regensburg, Germany, was granted U.S. Patent No...Lpath Inc., of San Diego, received U.S. Patent No...Metabolon Inc., of Research Triangle Park, N.C., received U.S. Patent No

Adolor Corp., of Exton, Pa., received U.S. Patent No...Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Malvern, Pa., received U.S. Patent No...Essentialis Inc., of San Diego, received U.S. Patent No

Genomas, of Hartford, Conn., received U.S. Patent No...GeoVax Labs Inc., of Atlanta, received U.S. Patent No...Harbor BioSciences Inc., of San Diego, received U.S. Patent No

Marina Biotech Inc., of Bothell, Wash., received U.S. Patent No...Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, of Rockville, Md., received U.S. Patent No...Silence Therapeutics plc, of London, received U.S. Patent No

GlycoMimetics Inc., of Gaithersburg, Md., received U.S. Patent No...Novavax Inc., of Rockville, Md., received U.S. Patent No...Silence Therapeutics plc, of London, received U.S. Patent No

Aphios Corp., of Woburn, Mass., was awarded U.S. Patent No...Benitec Ltd., of Melbourne, Australia, received U.S. Patent No...Semafore Pharmaceuticals, of Indianapolis, was awarded U.S. Patent No