I assume scale and more R&D on how to produce nanopores more cheaply would be the main ways to drive price down. As for patents, Oxford Nanopore has a pretty bi

I assume scale and more R&D on how to produce nanopores more cheaply would be the main ways to drive price down. As for patents, Oxford Nanopore has a pretty big portfolio for all things nanopore, so a direct competitor based on nanopores that would drive the price down seems unlikely (though they obviously have to compete on price with other sequencing methods to some degree).