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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:
Sep. 22, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Servatius H Notermans, Bilthoven, NL;
Jacobus H Van Boom, Voorschoten, NL;
Gerrit H Veeneman, Oegstgeest, NL;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-731 ; 435-792 ; 435-793 ; 435967 ; 436534 ;
Abstract
Erroneous-positive results free method for the detection of moulds in foodstuffs and in human and animal body fluids with the aid of an immunological determination of the extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) produced by the mould; this method is characterized in that (a) an immunological determination of the EPS produced by the mould is carried out and, in the case of a positive result, subsequently (b) an immunological determination is carried out in the presence of a synthetically prepared epitope of the EPS investigated and the EPS investigated itself.