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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. 18, 1996
Filed:
May. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert M Resnick, Richmond, CA (US);
Karen K Young, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 435-6 ; 435 912 ; 536 243 ; 536 2432 ;
Abstract
Oligonucleotides primers can be used to amplify and detect Hepatitis C virus nucleic acids in a process that involves reverse transcription of the viral genomic RNA to create cDNA and the subsequent amplification of the cDNA by the polymerase chain reaction. Oligonucleotide probes can be used to detect the presence of amplified DNA by hybridization. The invention provides improved methods, compositions, and kits for amplifying and detecting U.S., Japan, and HCV-C prototype nucleic acids.