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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:
Nov. 08, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul K Horan, West Chester, PA (US);
Bruce D Jensen, King of Prussia, PA (US);
Sue E Slezak, Downingtown, PA (US);
Assignee:
SmithKline Beckman Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 34 ; 424-3 ; 424-71 ; 424-11 ; 424 51 ; 424-9 ; 424 52 ; 435 35 ; 514-5 ; 514735 ; 430578 ; 544253 ;
Abstract
Methods for reproducibly labelling viable cells with cyanine dyes that do not significantly affect cell viability. Applications for labelled cells include using labelled red blood cells to distinguish post-transfusional bleeding from immunologic reaction and using dilution to measure growth rate of cultured cells.