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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Amarnath Maitra, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
David Morando, Whiting, IN (US);
Assignee:
WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12N 15/10 (2006.01); C12Q 1/689 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); C12N 15/1003 (2013.01); C12N 15/1006 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is directed to methods of extracting nucleic acids from microorganisms or mammalian cells adhered to polymers that are malleable within a living organism and particularly malleable in the oral cavity of the living organism. The invention also provides for method of detecting and quantitating microorganisms that adhere to malleable polymers, such as chewing gum.