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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. 03, 1994
Frederick L Clark, Plano, TX (US);
Kendall B Hendrick, Southlake, TX (US);
Richard R Martin, Irving, TX (US);
Larry W Moore, Plano, TX (US);
William J Raymoure, Lake Blluff, IL (US);
Paul R Schrier, Carrollton, TX (US);
Edna S Walker, Chicago, IL (US);
Donny R Walker, Coppell, TX (US);
Gary E Winter, Hanover Park, IL (US);
Kevin M Cloonan, Round Lake, IL (US);
David A Yost, Poolesville, MD (US);
John M Clemens, Wadsworth, IL (US);
William J Kanewske, III, Dallas, TX (US);
Douglas D McDowell, Wildwood, IL (US);
Carl M Oleksak, Fort Worth, TX (US);
William D Rumbaugh, Carrollton, TX (US);
B Jane Smith, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
James A Vaught, Euless, TX (US);
Apparao Tayi, Grayslake, IL (US);
Robert A Wohlford, Irving, TX (US);
James E Mitchell, Lake Barrington, IL (US);
Robert B Hance, Evanston, IL (US);
Peter A Lagocki, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Richard A Merriam, Dallas, TX (US);
Charles D Pennington, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Linda S Schmidt, Mundelein, IL (US);
Adrian M Spronk, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Richard L Vickstrom, Algonquin, IL (US);
William E Watkins, III, Cedar Hill, TX (US);
Gilbert Clift, Mesquite, TX (US);
Alyn K Stanton, Barrington, IL (US);
David B Hills, Plano, TX (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for verifying that an assay methodology is properly performed, that assay reagents employed possess the necessary potency for accurately performing such assay methodology, and whether or not test samples or assay reagents have been tampered with or are adulterated, is described. The method is performed by employing an assay verification sample, comprising a positive analyte component and the test sample under analysis, wherein the assay verification sample is analyzed employing the same assay reagents and essentially the same assay methodology employed to analyze the test sample. The method is particularly useful for performing heterogeneous immunoassays on an automated continuous and random access analytical system.