NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2006--Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX - News; Nasdaq:ACTG - News) announced today that its CombiMatrix group has signed a non-exclusive agreement with the Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF) under the company’s CombiCore(TM) access program. Under the terms of the agreement, all AGRF researchers can purchase CombiMatrix CustomArrays(TM) and CatalogArrays(TM), including array processing services performed at the AGRF.