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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:
Mar. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Stief, Sevilla, ES;
Norbert Heimburger, Marburg, DE;
Assignee:
Behringwerke Aktiengesellschaft, Marburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 13 ; 435 18 ; 435174 ; 435 23 ; 435 24 ; 530300 ;
Abstract
The disclosed invention provides a method for determining the plasminogen activator (PA) activity in a biological fluid. The method involves the use of proteolytically-degraded plasminogen and effectively eliminates the influence of alpha-2-antiplasmin on the determination of PA activity.