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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:
Jun. 29, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles A Abbas, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ruth F Eden, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Difco Laboratories, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C09K / ; C07D / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 18 ; 435 19 ; 435 21 ; 536 181 ;
Abstract
A method of detecting, identifying, and enumerating microbes in biological and non-biological samples includes the steps of combining the sample with a triggerable chemiluminescent compound specifically susceptible to the initiation of chemiluminescent decomposition by at least one microbial enzyme in the sample and detecting and integrating light emission over an extended period of time as an indication of the presence, identification, or enumeration of the microbes in the sample.