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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2011
Applicant:
Michael Mahler, Bad Neuenahr, DE;
Inventor:
Michael Mahler, Bad Neuenahr, DE;
Assignee:
Inova Diagnostics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/564 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/564 (2013.01); G01N 33/5306 (2013.01); G01N 2800/10 (2013.01); G01N 2800/101 (2013.01); G01N 2800/104 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a method for increasing the specificity of an antibody-based test to help in the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases by contacting a subject's sample with a blocking antigen prior to testing that is capable of binding to any interfering antibody present in the sample. More specifically, a method for increasing specificity of an antibody-based autoimmune disease assay comprising the steps of providing a sample from a subject, contacting the sample with a DFS70 derived antigen, reacting the sample with an autoimmune disease target and detecting antibodies to the autoimmune disease target is disclosed.