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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. 09, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas N Ludtke, Walpole, MA (US);
John E Monahan, Walpole, MA (US);
John T Unger, Medfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Chiron Diagnostics Corporation, East Walpole, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C07H / ; C12N / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 912 ; 4351723 ; 4352351 ; 536 241 ;
Abstract
A novel process for the use of antisense oligonucleotides and analogs thereof has been developed. Namely, this technique is useful for the elimination of contamination in the nucleic acid amplification area. Elimination of unwanted contamination has made gene probe analyses much more reproduceable.