TABLE 2. PATENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ATHENA’S COMPLETE ATAXIA PANEL.

The Complete Ataxia Panel test for 11 subtypes of SCA, as well as Friedreich’s Ataxia and Early Onset Ataxia. Listed are the utility of the test and the reference value of normal for each test. CPT codes are also provided.

Genetic Test	US Patents	Assignee
SCA-1	5741645, 5834183	Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
SCA-2	6251589	SRL, Inc., Tachikawa, Japan
SCA-3	5840491	Akira Kakizuka, Kyoto, Japan
SCA-6	5853995, 6303307, 7329487	Research Development Foundation, Carson City, NV
SCA-7	6280938, 6514755, 7118893	Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
SCA-8	6524791	Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
SCA-10	6855497	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Friedrichs Ataxia (Frataxin)	6150091	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, INSERM, Paris, France
Aprataxin	7119186	Athena Diagnostics, Inc., Worcester, MA

Athena Diagnostics controls 11 patents (in bold) for 6 tests for hereditary ataxia by exclusive licenses. It also holds a non-exclusive license to US6855497 for SCA-10 testing. Additional patents for SCA-2 (US6623927, US6673535 and US6844431) were found in our search that Athena does not appear to have licensed.