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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:
Aug. 11, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard R Matner, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; C12Q / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 38 ; 435-4 ; 435 29 ; 435299 ; 435 34 ; 435300 ; 435301 ; 435293 ; 435-737 ; 435-732 ;
Abstract
A method and article for the identification of colonies of microbes involves the use of a reconstitutable dry culture medium plate in combination with a transfer membrane. Microbe-specific antigen can be extracted from the surface of the growth medium of the plate and its presence determined, e.g., by immunoassay.