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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. 24, 1981
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carol L Richardson, Springfield, VA (US);
Gail E Schulman, Alexandria, VA (US);
Assignee:
Meloy Laboratories, Inc., Springfield, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2323 / ; 435-6 ;
Abstract
A novel method for the detection, screening, the quantitation of compounds that interact with nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) is provided. The basis for this method is the inhibition of acridine orange binding to the nucleic acid. Measurement of binding inhibition utilizes the rapid, repeatable technique of fluorescence polarization.