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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. 08, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John D Burczak, Highland Park, IL (US);
John J Carrino, Gurnee, IL (US);
Paul A Klonowski, Wonder Lake, IL (US);
Matthew T Manlove, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Ronald L Marshall, Zion, IL (US);
Edward K Pabich, Chicago, IL (US);
John A Salituro, Kenosha, WI (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12Q / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 9121 ; 435-6 ; 536 2433 ; 536 2432 ; 935 77 ; 935 78 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to oligonucleotide probes useful in detecting, e.g. by hybridization or the ligase chain reaction, Chlamydia trachomatis DNA in the presence of other related DNA. The present invention is also directed to methods of detecting Chlamydia trachomatis organisms in a sample using the ligase chain reaction.