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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. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregory R Bogart, Berthoud, CO (US);
Assignee:
Biostar, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 422 55 ; 422 57 ; 422 8205 ; 422 8208 ; 435-72 ; 435-73 ; 435-732 ; 435808 ; 435810 ; 436172 ; 436510 ; 436524 ; 436525 ; 436527 ; 436528 ; 436531 ; 436805 ; 436807 ; 359580 ; 359585 ;
Abstract
Device for detecting the presence or amount of an analyte of interest, comprising a reflective solid, optical support and a label capable of generating fluorescent signal upon excitation with a suitable light source wherein said support comprises an attachment layer comprising a chemical selected from the group consisting of dendrimers, star polymers, molecular self-assembling polymers, polymeric siloxanes, and film forming latexes wherein the support provides an enhanced level of exciting photons to the immobilized fluorescent label compound, and wherein the support also increases the capture of fluorescent signal.