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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:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alec John Jeffreys, Leicester, GB;
Assignee:
Zeneca Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 912 ;
Abstract
A method of characterizing a test sample of genomic DNA which method comprises amplifying a tandemly repeated region, comprising more than one type of repeat unit, as far as internal repeat units of a specific type so as to generate a set of amplification products which identify the relative positions of the internal repeat units within the tandemly repeated region, and separating the set of amplification products to provide a sample code. The sample codes are suitable for computerized storage on, and retrieval from, a database. The invention also provides a novel method for the detection of diagnostic base sequences in one or more nucleic acids contained in a sample.