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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. 14, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
William F Feller, Bethesda, MD (US);
Judith A Kantor, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Georgetown University, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-7 ; 436501 ; 436 63 ; 436 64 ; 436174 ; 436176 ; 436548 ; 436825 ;
Abstract
A method for detecting an antigen in a plasma or serum sample, which comprises conditioning the sample, wherein conditioning comprises either diluting the sample by a factor of at least 100 or dissociating the antigen in the sample from binding proteins with acid, base, or a chaotropic agent; drying the conditioned sampled; and detecting the antigen in the dried sample using an immunological assay is disclosed. The method is particularly useful for the detection of antigens associated with breast cancer.