Leader in sequence search licenses flagship IP solution to Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture

Westborough, Massachusetts and Davis, California - March 7, 2007 – Gene-IT, a leader in sequence search for research and IP, today announced that it will provide its flagship GenomeQuest™ service to PIPRA, the Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture.

Under the terms of the agreement, PIPRA will utilize GenomeQuest to develop comprehensive patent landscapes surrounding agricultural biotechnologies. PIPRA integrates patent landscapes with legal analyses to provide researchers with both enabling and trait technologies with maximum, global freedom-to-operate.

Dr. Cecilia Chi-Ham, Director Biotechnology Resources of PIPRA, said, "A primary goal of PIPRA is to ensure that public sector agricultural research institutions have the most comprehensive scientific tools and information possible to aid their quest to improve local and global food supplies. We feel that GenomeQuest™'s comprehensiveness, ease-of-use, and its 'sequence-centric' views of patent information, are clearly a valuable additional resource to researchers seeking access to the agricultural intellectual property necessary to advance the creation and distribution of improved crops."

Ronald Ranauro, CEO of Gene-IT, said, "Gene-IT is very pleased to be working with PIPRA, as the organization helps build bridges between agricultural institutes worldwide, in enabling them to share and leverage the latest sequence and IP information relevant to their research."

About PIPRA

The Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture, PIPRA, is an organization committed to the strategic management of intellectual property, on behalf of 42 member institutions, to enable the broadest commercial and humanitarian applications of existing and emerging agricultural technologies. PIPRA is guided by the belief that IP can be more effectively managed collaboratively and by employing a set of shared principles that support broad technology access and broad innovation. PIPRA's growing participation encompasses universities and not-for-profit research institutions in twelve countries. For more information on PIPRA call (530) 752-2705, or visit our web site at: www.pipra.org

About Gene-IT

Gene-IT's innovative sequence search technology provides relevant answers to questions about the human genome asked by scientists and attorneys today, and by clinicians and physicians in the future. The company's flagship product, GenomeQuest, is an easy-to-use Web-based application that integrates, mines and analyzes sequence data from dozens of scientific and patent sources worldwide. GenomeQuest's proprietary sequence analysis capabilities help the world's leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies make faster and more accurate decisions on their gene and protein discoveries. Its automated alerting, report publishing and knowledge-sharing capabilities enhance the productivity of all users. Gene-IT is headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts. For more information, please call (508) 616-0100, or visit our web site: www.genomequest.com.