GeneCards will be utilized to assist the Japan Patent Office (JPO) in the review and approval of patent applications in the life sciences area. With this agreement, GeneCards becomes an important component in the process of approving relevant biotech patent applications at the JPO. Patent examiners from the JPO will access GeneCards to conduct prior art research and help determine if an invention can be patented.
GeneCards is widely used in Japan, by academic researchers and by several of the world’s top companies based in Japan. Bioscene will work closely with Xennex to expand the Japanese market for GeneCards in the R&D and intellectual property fields.
GeneCards is an integrated database of human genes that includes automatically mined genomic, proteomic, and transcriptomic information, with major focus on functional genomics and medical aspects including involvement in diseases. GeneCards offers concise information about the structure and function of human genes.