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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:
Dec. 10, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen T Yue, Eugene, OR (US);
Iain D Johnson, Springfield, OR (US);
Richard P Haugland, Eugene, OR (US);
Assignee:
Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; G01N / ; C07H / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 405 ; 536 231 ; 546165 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to dimers of unsymmetrical cyanine dyes, typically dimers of benzthiazole or benzoxazole derivatives, that exhibit enhanced fluorescence on binding with DNA or RNA, The dimers generally have the formula: ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, are alkyl groups having 1-6 carbons;