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confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.75
Cytek jury verdict: noninfringement on 3 of 4 patent claims, $56.11M damages on 1 claim; appeal planned
Cytek Biosciences, Inc.
- Jury found for Cytek on 3 of 4 asserted claims (noninfringement and invalidity).
- One claim infringed under doctrine of equivalents; damages: $20M lost profits + $36.11M royalties.
- Cytek will pursue post-verdict motions and potential appeal to Federal Circuit.
- Verdict requires no changes to current products; spectral flow cytometry remains available globally.
- CEO Wenbin Jiang says Cytek developed fundamentally different Full Spectrum Profiling technology.
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