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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:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert E Bird, Rockville, MD (US);
Audrey Chang-Yeh, Columbia, MD (US);
Assignee:
MA BioServices, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; C12P / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 435-6 ; 435 911 ; 435 912 ; 536 231 ; 536 2433 ;
Abstract
Improved assay for the detection of viral reverse transcriptase activity using PCR conducts the reverse transcription reaction at an acidic pH or elevated temperature. The assay is useful in testing a wide variety of biological products and tissue samples.