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Commitments and Contingencies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies
Litigation
From time to time, the Company is involved in certain legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In management’s opinion, the outcomes of such actions, either individually or in the aggregate, are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company's future financial position or results of operations.
In March 2021, the Company filed a complaint against Spectrum Solutions, LLC ("Spectrum") in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California alleging that certain saliva collection devices manufactured and sold by Spectrum infringe a patent held by DNAG. Spectrum filed an answer to the initial complaint, asserting that its device does not infringe the Company's patent and that the Company's patent is invalid. In August 2021, the Company amended its complaint to add a second patent to this litigation. Spectrum responded to the Company's amended complaint and asserted counterclaims for inequitable conduct and antitrust violations with respect to one of the patents in the litigation and subsequently filed a request for review of the second patent at the Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO"), which was granted by the PTO. The District Court issued multiple pretrial orders, resolving the infringement, antitrust, and inequitable conduct claims without trial. First, the District Court granted Spectrum’s motion for summary judgment of noninfringement, holding that Spectrum’s saliva collection devices are not “kits for collecting and preserving a biological sample,” among other rulings. The Company has appealed the grant of summary judgment to the Court of Appeal on June 8, 2023. Second, the District Court denied Spectrum’s motion to amend its allegations of alleged antitrust violations, finding that if such an amendment were allowed, Spectrum’s claims would not survive a motion for summary judgment. Spectrum thereafter withdrew its antitrust and inequitable conduct counterclaims. Spectrum did not appeal the District Court's denial of its motion to amend. Both parties have filed motions seeking sanctions in the District Court. Those motions remain pending. DNAG filed its opening appellate brief on September 28, 2023. Spectrum’s responsive appellate brief is due December 22, 2023. Oral argument in the appeal has not been scheduled. An inter partes review is currently pending before the PTO regarding the second asserted patent. Oral argument in the inter partes review is currently scheduled for November 14, 2023. On September 15, 2023, Spectrum filed a petition for inter partes review of a third patent, which DNAG did not assert in the District Court. An optional preliminary patent owner response is due in December 2023.