The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 01, 1990
Filed:
May. 01, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles H Riggin, Hopedale, MA (US);
Dante J Marciani, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cambridge Bioscience Corporation, Worcester, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 436533 ; 436534 ; 436811 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an assay for determinng the presence of antibodies in a sample to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) comprising mixing a sample suspected of containing antibodies to HIV with HIV-specific antigen coated, hydroxylated microbeads, evaluating whether agglutination occurs, and determining therefrom the presence of the antibodies to HIV in the sample.