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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:
Aug. 26, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph R Lakowicz, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Henryk Szmacinski, Baltimore, MD (US);
Ewald Terpetschnig, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-71 ; 435-793 ; 436546 ; 436164 ; 436172 ;
Abstract
A method of conducting an immunoassay of a sample of interest is described, including the steps of (A) coupling a luminescent asymmetric metal-ligand complex to the sample of interest to form a coupled sample, (B) exciting the coupled sample with linearly polarized electromagnetic energy to cause the coupled sample to emit fluorescent light; and (C) measuring the polarization of the fluorescent emission as a measure of a biological characteristic of the sample of interest.