The jury held that NanoString's GeoMx ® Digital Spatial Profiler (DSP) infringed seven patents that 10x held after exclusively licensing them from Prognosys Biosciences. 10x was awarded the $31 million in damages ($25 million in lost profits, $6 million royalty) in a lawsuit it filed against NanoString Technologies in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. "The unexpected outcome of the November GeoMx patent litigation trial in Delaware and the unusually large magnitude of the damages awarded by the jury have forced us to take proactive steps to protect our stakeholders, customers, and employees," NanoString president and CEO Brad Gray said Sunday in a statement. NanoString's shares plunged 50% from $1.28 to $0.64 on November 20, the first trading day after the award became public after the close of the markets November 17.