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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:
Nov. 24, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip L McMahon, Falmouth, ME (US);
Susan Faust, Bar Mills, ME (US);
Assignee:
Idexx Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436543 ; 436-8 ; 436822 ; 436547 ; 436548 ; 436815 ; 436518 ; 435967 ; 435-731 ;
Abstract
The invention is a method for measuring a hapten poorly soluble in aqueous solution in a sample which includes the steps of reacting the hapten with an antibody specific for the hapten; and comparing the result of the reaction of the hapten and the antibody with the result of the reaction of the antibody and a water-soluble conjugate of the hapten and a water-soluble macromolecule having a molecular weight greater than about 1,000.