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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. 21, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kikkoman Corporation, Noda, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-791 ; 435-79 ; 435-792 ; 435-793 ; 435-794 ; 435-795 ; 435-8 ; 435 15 ;
Abstract
The present invention is intended to provide an EIA method utilizing bioluminescence using a firefly luciferase. The EIA method of the present invention is characterized by using an ATP-generating enzyme as a labeling enzyme, subjecting ATP generated to bioluminescence by the use of the firefly luciferase, and measuring the quantity of light emitted. Acetate kinase is a preferred enzyme used in the method.