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SequenceBase

SequenceBase is a privately held company, is an international patent sequence information provider with headquarters located in Edison, NJ, USA. SequenceBase develops and markets the SequenceBase Research Portal to the biotechnology, legal, pharmaceutical, scientific, technical and academic bioinformatics communities.

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SequenceBase Corporation
Formation2006
HeadquartersEdison, NJ, USA
Location
Official language
English
CEO
Martin Goffman
Websitehttp://www.sequencebase.com/

SequenceBase is a privately held company,12 is an international patent sequence information provider with headquarters located in Edison, NJ, USA. SequenceBase develops and markets the SequenceBase Research Portal3456 to the biotechnology, legal, pharmaceutical, scientific, technical and academic bioinformatics communities.

Clarivate Analytics has acquired SequenceBase on 9th September 2019.7

USGENE provides searchable access to all available peptide and nucleotide sequences from the published applications and issued patents of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).8 USGENE can be searched directly via the SequenceBase Research Portal 9 or via STN International1011 by FIZ Karlsruhe. The SequenceBase Research Portal offers BLAST+ as a sequence searching method.

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  1. "SequenceBase Home page". SequenceBase Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. Sabroski, Suzanne (Dec 2008). "From Concept to Content: The Genesis of USGENE". ONLINE. Vol. 32, no. 6. Information Today, Inc. Retrieved 2016-07-13.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. "USGENE BLAST Search Portal". Intellogist Wiki. Retrieved 2016-07-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. Mornini, Joelle (September 5, 2012). "Updates to Sequence Searching in US Patents: 10 Changes to the USGENE® BLAST® Search Portal". The Intellogist blog. Retrieved 2016-07-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. Mornini, Joelle (March 27, 2012). "Intellogist Round-up: Orbit.com Updates, New USGENE BLAST Search Portal, and Advertising on Intellogist!". The Intellogist blog. Retrieved 2016-07-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. Mornini, Joelle (January 30, 2013). "Important Changes to Patent Sequence Search Tools". The Intellogist blog. Retrieved 2016-07-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. "Clarivate Analytics acquires the SequenceBase business to expand its search and analysis capabilities for the life sciences IP market".
  8. Andree, Piet Jan; Harper, Mark F.; Nauche, Stéphane; Poolman, Robert A.; Shaw, Jo; Swinkels, Joop C.; Wycherley, Sally (December 2008). "A comparative study of patent sequence databases". World Patent Information. 30 (4): 300–308. doi:10.1016/j.wpi.2008.04.005.
  9. SequenceBase Research Portal
  10. "USGENE". STN International. 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2016-07-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. Grohol, John M. (2016-04-30). "USPTO Genetic Sequence Database, USGENE, available on STN International". Psych Central. Retrieved 2016-07-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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