The generation of actual melt data may be covered by U.S. Patent Nos. 7,582,429; 7,803,551; 8,068,992; 8,093,002; 8,296,074; 9,273,346; and other U.S. and foreign patents and patent applications owned by the University of Utah Research Foundation and licensed to BioFire Defense, LLC. If your PCR instrument is not licensed under these patents, please contact Jill Powlick at BioFire (jill.powlick@biofiredefense.com) for sublicensing information.