SALT LAKE CITY, Utah –aho Technology, Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., covering reagents or methods using SYBR® Green I technology and melting curve analysis for real time PCR. This extendsaho Technology’s ongoing program to license its broad and valuable intellectual property portfolio in cooperation with Roche Diagnostics GmbH. The agreement, effective January 1, 2009, follows a series of intellectual property licensing agreements with a number of other biotechnology companies over the last several years. “Idaho Technology is pleased to extend this license to Thermo Fisher Scientific,” said Randy Rasmussen, president ofaho Technology. “Our SYBR intellectual property has helped expand applications in molecular biology with the use of real time PCR products providing powerful tools for licensed partners.” Aboutaho Technology Idaho Technology, Inc. is a privately held biotechnology company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Founded in 1990,aho Technology licensed the rapid PCR technology from the University of Utah. Through funds from the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense, the company has created many commercial instruments and reagents for use in research and applied fields. Several of these products, including the LightCycler® Instrument, have been sublicensed to Roche Diagnostics. Researchers, medical technicians, law enforcement officers, and soldiers in the field use the company's devices to detect or study disease-causing organisms. For further information, please visit www.idahotech.com. For more information, contact: Jill Powlick Phone: 801.736.6354 Email: Jill_Powlick@idahotech.com