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Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ:ARWR) announced today that NanoInk, a company specializing in nanometer-scale manufacturing and applications development for the life science and semiconductor industries, has exclusively licensed intellectual property from Arrowhead. The licensed technology was developed through Arrowhead's sponsored research at the laboratory of Dr. Patrick Collier at the California Institute of Technology.

Arrowhead Licenses Dip Pen Nanolithography Technology to NanoInk

PASADENA, CA | Posted on February 12th, 2007

"The dip pen nanolithography project was one of the first to be sponsored by Arrowhead, and we have worked with Dr. Collier and Caltech to patent the inventions generated under the agreement," said R. Bruce Stewart, Chairman of Arrowhead. "We intend to continue to license Arrowhead's new technologies when the economics make sense, in addition to commercializing products through our subsidiaries."

"Our license from Arrowhead Research Corporation, coupled with several recently awarded patents, is helping to protect and strengthen NanoInk's intellectual property portfolio," said Dr. Cedric Loiret-Bernal, NanoInk's Chief Executive Officer. "This intellectual property will play a critical role as we continue to explore the applications of our DPN technology to drive the development of high value end products."

The licensed patent application covers techniques related to use of surfactants to support NanoInk's Dip Pen Nanolithography® (DPN®) technology. Dip pen nanolithography involves deposition of nanoscale materials onto a substrate for applications in the life sciences and semiconductor industries.

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About Arrowhead Research Corporation
Arrowhead Research Corporation ( http://www.arrowheadresearch.com ) is a publicly-traded nanotechnology company commercializing new technologies in the areas of life sciences, electronics, and energy. Arrowhead is building value for shareholders through the progress of majority owned subsidiaries founded on nanotechnologies originally developed at universities. The company works closely with universities to source early stage deals and to generate rights to intellectual property covering promising new nanotechnologies. Currently, Arrowhead has four subsidiaries commercializing nanotech products and applications, including anti-cancer drugs, RNAi therapeutics, carbon-based electronics and compound semiconductor materials.

About NanoInk

NanoInk, Inc. is an emerging growth technology company specializing in nanometer-scale manufacturing and applications development for the life science and semiconductor industries. With DPN®, a patented and proprietary nanofabrication technology that allows for unmatched flexibility and accuracy, and also its high-resolution Nanoencryption™ technology, NanoInk is able to offer its pharmaceutical customers innovative solutions to fight counterfeiting and illegal diversion of blockbuster pharmaceutical products. Other key applications include nanoscale additive repair and nanoscale rapid prototyping. Located in the new Illinois Science + Technology Park, north of Chicago, NanoInk currently has over 100 issued or pending patents and patent applications filed worldwide and has licensing agreements with Northwestern University, Stanford University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Georgia Institute of Technology. For more information on products and services offered by NanoInk, Inc., see http://www.nanoink.net .

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Contacts:
Arrowhead Research Corporation
Virginia E. Dadey
212-541-3707

Dresner Corporate Services for NanoInk
David Gutierrez
312-780-7204

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