EntreMed Inc., of Rockville, Md., was issued U.S. Patent No...Genmab A/S, of Copenhagen, Denmark, received a patent for HuMax-HepC, a fully human antibody in preclinical development to prevent re-infection with the hepatitis C virus after liver transplantation...Mobious Genomics Ltd., of Exeter, UK, received a notice of allowance for U.S. Patent No

Stressgen Biotechnologies Corp., of San Diego, received U.S. Patent No...Targeted Genetics Corp., of Seattle, was issued U.S. Patent No...The company also was granted U.S. Patent No

Pro-Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Newton, Mass., received U.S. Patent No...PSivida Ltd., of Perth, Australia, received U.S. Patent No...Semafore Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Indianapolis, received U.S. Patent No

Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc., of San Diego, received U.S. Patent No...Biosensors International Group Ltd., of Singapore, received U.S. Patent No...Genaera Corp., of Plymouth Meeting, Pa., received U.S. Patent No

Bavarian Nordic A/S, of Copenhagen, Denmark, received U.S. Patent No...eGene Inc., of Irvine, Calif., received U.S. Patent No...Morphotek Inc., of Exton, Pa., received U.S. Patent No

Targepeutics Inc., of Hershey, Pa., received U.S. Patent No...Targeted Genetics Corp., of Seattle, said U.S. Patent No

Nanogen Inc., of San Diego, was granted U.S. Patent No...Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. , of San Diego, received U.S. Patent No...Odyssey Thera Inc., of San Ramon, Calif., received U.S. Patent Nos

Borean Pharma A/S, of Aarhus, Denmark, received U.S. Patent No...Cholestech Corp., of Hayward, Calif., received U.S. Patent No...Inc. , of Bothell, Wash., received U.S. Patent No

Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc., of San Diego, received U.S. Patent No...Bioniche Life Sciences Inc., of Belleville, Ontario, received U.S. Patent No...Biophan Technologies Inc. , of Rochester, N.Y., received U.S. Patent No

MethylGene Inc., of Montreal, was granted U.S. Patent No...The company also was granted U.S. Patent No...The company also was granted U.S. Patent No

Glucon, of Boulder, Colo., was granted U.S. Patent No...Symphogen A/S, of Copenhagen, Denmark, was granted U.S. Patent No...Vical Inc. , of San Diego, received U.S. Patent No

Entelos Inc., of Foster City, Calif., was issued U.S. Patent No...Euroscreen SA , of Brussels, Belgium, received U.S. Patent No...Genetronics Biomedical Corp., of San Diego, said its subsidiary, Genetronics Inc., received U.S. Patent No

Biolex Inc. , of Pittsboro, N.C., received U.S. Patent No...The company also has been granted U.S. Patent No...Crucell NV, of Leiden, Netherlands, was granted U.S. Patent No

Dynogen Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Waltham, Mass., was awarded U.S. Patent No...Icoria Inc. , of Research Triangle Park, N.C., was granted U.S. Patent No

Accelr8 Technology Corp., of Denver, was awarded U.S. Patent No...Akesis Pharmaceuticals Inc. , of La Jolla, Calif., received U.S. Patent No...Cepheid Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif., was issued U.S. Patent No

Vivus Inc., of Mountain View, Calif., received U.S. Patent No...XenoPort Inc., of Santa Clara, Calif., received U.S. Patent No...Zolaris BioSciences LLC, of Bozeman, Mont., received U.S. Patent No

Kos Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Miami, was granted U.S. Patent No...Morphotek Inc., of Exton, Pa., was granted U.S. Patent No...Also, Morphotek received U.S. Patent 6,808,894 covering the generation of genetically enhanced antibody producer cell lines

Genencor International, of Palo Alto, Calif., was granted U.S. Patent No...Geron Corp., of Menlo Park, Calif., received U.S. Patent No...Icoria Inc., of Research Triangle Park, N.C., was granted U.S. Patent No

Aastrom Biosciences Inc., of Ann Arbor, Mich., received U.S. Patent No...Acologix Inc., of Emeryville, Calif., received U.S. Patent No...Agilix Corp., of New Haven, Conn., was granted U.S. Patent No