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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:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christine J Shassere, Naperville, IL (US);
Steven A Seelig, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 4352402 ; 43524025 ;
Abstract
Quality control compositions suitable as sample specimens to measure performance of DNA probe tests which determine cytogenetic abnormalities, such as chromosome copy number, of cells in a tissue sample are disclosed. The control compositions comprise a suspension of fixed cells having an artificial concentration of cells exhibiting chromosome specific aneuploidy in one or more specific chromosomes.