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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. 18, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Calvert L Green, Norfolk, MA (US);
Franz Fiedler, Munich, DE;
Thomsen J Hansen, Brookline, MA (US);
Gerald N Wogan, Belmont, MA (US);
Steven R Tannenbaum, Framingham, MA (US);
Thomas L Benjamin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
VICAM, L.P., Somerville, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435732 ; 435-792 ; 435 29 ; 435961 ; 435176 ; 435820 ; 436526 ; 436532 ;
Abstract
An assay method is provided to quickly detect the presence of Listeria strains in samples, characterized by the use of antibodies to selectively capture the peptidoglycan and teichoic acid components of the listeriae bacterial cell wall.