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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:
Jun. 03, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
David C Leahy, Arlington Hts., IL (US);
John A Todd, Grayslake, IL (US);
Michael E Jolley, Round Lake, IL (US);
Dinesh O Shah, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Delia R Bethell, Wilmette, IL (US);
Terukatsu Arima, Kagoshima, JP;
Assignee:
Dade International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 435-71 ; 435-792 ; 530324 ;
Abstract
New assays for diagnosing NANBH utilizing novel peptide fragments derived from polypeptide antigens reactive to antibodies present in the sera of infected patients are disclosed. In producing these peptides, the portion of the polypeptide contributing to high backgrounds is deleted thereby resulting in assays with an exceptionally high signal to background ratio.