AmpFℓSTR® Kit Product Portfolio

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN ruled that certain products (listed below) sold by Life Technologies Corporation (“Life”) can only be used by customers for forensic and paternity uses (“Licensed Use”).  Specifically, the Court held that the license Life holds from Promega Corporation (“Promega”) does not include the following applications: (1) chimerism (which involves determining the relative amount present of two different types of DNA); (2) classifying molar specimens (which involves determining whether a mole is present and what type it is); (3) cell line authentication (which involves a determination of whether two cell lines are unique); (4) determination of fetal sex;(5) cancer analysis; (6) genetic research; (7) non-casework-related forensic applications such as general research in forensics or teaching and training of persons not employed in a forensic laboratory; (8) maternal cell contamination; and (9) sample tracking.  Accordingly, this notice replaces any other label license or use statement for the listed products only as those labels or statements relate to the use of such products under the Promega license.  Any other restrictions, such as regulatory restrictions, related to the use of these products are not affected by this notice. If a customer has any question regarding whether their intended use is within or outside the Licensed Use, please contact LicenseQuery@lifetech.com . 

The following products are subject to this notice:
4322288        AmpFℓSTR® Identifiler® PCR Amplification Kit
4408580        AmpFℓSTR® Identifiler® Direct PCR Amplification Kit (1000 tests)
4467831        AmpFℓSTR® Identifiler® Direct PCR Amplification Kit (200 tests)
4427368        AmpFℓSTR® Identifiler® Plus PCR Amplification Kit
4373872        AmpFℓSTR® MiniFiler™ PCR Amplification Kit
4415021        AmpFℓSTR® NGM™ PCR Amplification Kit (1000 rxn)
4415020        AmpFℓSTR® NGM™ PCR Amplification Kit (200 rxn)
4457890        AmpFℓSTR® NGM SElect™ PCR Amplification Kit (1000 rxn)
4457889        AmpFℓSTR® NGM SElect™ PCR Amplification Kit (200 rxn)
403038          AmpFℓSTR® Profiler® PCR Amplification Kit
4303326        AmpFℓSTR® Profiler Plus® PCR Amplification Kit
4330284        AmpFℓSTR® Profiler Plus® ID PCR Amplification Kit
4305246        AmpFℓSTR® COfiler® PCR Amplification Kit
4307133        AmpFℓSTR® SGM Plus® PCR Amplification Kit
4382699        AmpFℓSTR® SEfiler Plus™ PCR Amplification Kit
4305979        AmpFℓSTR® Profiler Plus® and AmpFLSTR® Cofiler® Kits
4330621        AmpFℓSTR® Profiler Plus® ID Kit and AmpFLSTR® Cofiler ® Kit
4359513        AmpFℓSTR® Yfiler® PCR Amplification Kit
4382306        AmpFℓSTR® Sinofiler™ PCR Amplification Kit
4382324        AmpFℓSTR® Sinofiler™ PCR Amplification Kit Primer Set