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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:
Jun. 06, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hubert J Schoemaker, Devon, PA (US);
Jack R Wands, Waban, MA (US);
Barbara L Westrick, Flourtown, PA (US);
Vincent R Zurawski, Jr, West Chester, PA (US);
Assignees:
Centocor, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Centocor, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436513 ; 436518 ; 436536 ; 436540 ; 436542 ; 436548 ; 436804 ; 436819 ; 436820 ; 435-5 ; 435-7 ; 935107 ; 935108 ; 935110 ; 530387 ; 530806 ; 424 86 ;
Abstract
A simultaneous sandwich immunoassay employing high-affinity monoclonal antibodies is disclosed. This simultaneous sandwich assembly has surprising sensitivity compared to forward and reverse sandwich assays for the detection of multi-determinant antigens such as hepatitis B surface antigen.