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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:
Feb. 06, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony P Turner, Cranfield, GB;
Ann Swain, Cranfield, GB;
Graham Ramsay, Cranfield, GB;
Marco Cardosi, Cranfield, GB;
Bernard H Schneider, Cranfield, GB;
Assignee:
Paul de la Pena Limited, Worcestershire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 34 ; 435-4 ; 435 39 ;
Abstract
1,4-Benzoquinone can act as a mediator of electron transfer in bioelectrochemical cells for measuring microbiological activity in a sample. In combination with ferricyanide it can provide a surprisingly high level of mediator activity with many microorganisms, and a more even response when the sample may contain a mixture of microorganisms.