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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:
Apr. 18, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pemmaraju Narasimha Rao, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Rutherford, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-1 ; 2323 / ; 2601 / ; 424-8 ;
Abstract
Testosterone-15.alpha. or .beta.-carboxyethyl thioether, 5.alpha.-, dihydrotestosterone-15.alpha. or .beta.-carboxyethyl thioether related compounds and intermediates for preparation thereof. The compounds are conjugated to an immunological protein and employed to elicit an antibody highly specific to testosterone and 5.alpha.-dihydrotestosterone respectively. The elicited antibody can be employed for determination of testosterone and 5.alpha.-dihydrotestosterone respectively, in samples, by radioimmunoassay.