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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. 11, 1998
Filed:
May. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Franklin R Witney, Novato, CA (US);
David M Heffelfinger, San Pablo, CA (US);
Assignee:
BioRad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; G01B / ; G01B / ; G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 356345 ; 356346 ; 356359 ; 356363 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of identifying the individual autosomal and sex chromosomes of a human karyotype through the use of a set of combinatorially labeled oligonucleotide probes each member thereof: (i) having a predetermined label distinguishable from the label of any other member of said set, and (ii) being capable of specifically hybridizing with one predetermined autosomal or sex chromosome of a human karyotype.