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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:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph E Bateson, Carmel, IN (US);
Assignee:
Boehringer Mannheim Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436-8 ; 436 14 ; 436 95 ; 436176 ; 435 14 ; 435 28 ;
Abstract
The inclusion of succinic acid or a salt thereof to stabilize compositions that include glucose oxidase and/or ferricyanide. Typically, the succinic acid or succinic acid salt is included in a diagnostic reagent utilized in test strips or test solutions useful for the analysis of glucose from a fluid sample.