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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:
Dec. 01, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seppo E Kolehmainen, Titusville, FL (US);
Veikko Tarkkanen, 6370 AC Schaesberg, NL;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-8 ; 435 18 ; 435 29 ; 435 34 ; 435820 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for measuring the concentration of nucleotides and the number of viable cells in a biological sample containing somatic and/or microbial cells by treatment of a sample of cells with surface active agents to selectively release the nucleotides without rupture of the cell membrane or walls, and measuring by means of a bioluminescent assay technique the concentration of nucleotides selectively released and thereby determining the number of viable cells in the sample.