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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:
Aug. 06, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric Diebold, Fishers, IN (US);
Myron Rapkin, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abol Azhar, Fishers, IN (US);
Arthur Usmani, Kuwait, KW;
Assignee:
Boehringer Mannheim Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; C12Q / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 28 ; 435 14 ; 435-4 ; 435 25 ; 435 19 ; 435 26 ; 435 20 ; 435 21 ; 436501 ; 436 63 ; 436810 ; 436 95 ; 436169 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to polymeric compositions useful in analyte determination. The compositions contain a polymer, a reagent system for analyte determination, and an extender. The last component alleviates tackiness in the composition, and thus reduces damage in preparation of test apparatus. Mica is the particularly preferred extender.