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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. 16, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
J Thomas Grayston, Seattle, WA (US);
Cho-chou Kuo, Seattle, WA (US);
San-pin Wang, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Regents of the University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; C12N / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-736 ; 4351722 ; 435177 ; 4352402 ; 43524026 ; 43524027 ; 435804 ; 436501 ; 436536 ; 436540 ; 436542 ; 436548 ; 530387 ;
Abstract
Methods for detecting a unique strain of chlamydia associated with acute respiratory disease are disclosed. These methods utilize monoclonal antibody directed against an antigenic determinant of the TWAR strain of chlamydia. Also disclosed is a method for determining the presence of antibodies to the TWAR strain, utilizing elementary bodies of the TWAR strain as antigen.