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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. 14, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan Silver, Bethesda, MD (US);
Stephen Feinstone, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C07H / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 536 27 ; 935 77 ; 935 78 ;
Abstract
A modification of the PCR technique is described which allows fragments of RNA or DNA to be amplified without prior knowledge of their sequence. The technique can be used to amplify viral nucleic acids present in small amounts in clinical material allowing, for example, the diagnosis of a particular virus infection or the discovery of new viruses.