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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:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert E Chu, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 422 56 ; 422 57 ; 422 58 ; 422 61 ; 435-72 ; 435-732 ; 435-734 ; 435-79 ; 435-792 ; 435-793 ; 435-794 ; 435805 ; 435810 ; 435967 ; 435973 ; 4352872 ; 436512 ; 436513 ; 436518 ; 436525 ; 436531 ; 436534 ; 436169 ; 436810 ;
Abstract
Immunoassay devices and methods that employ non-antibody control substances are disclosed. A non-antibody substance, such as Protein A, that specifically binds to the Fc portion of IgG is used to determine whether patient sample is properly added to the device during the assay procedure.