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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. 22, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Amy J Weiner, Benicia, CA (US);
Assignee:
Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; C12P / ; G07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 435-6 ; 435 912 ; 435 9151 ; 536 2433 ; 935-8 ; 935 99 ; 935 98 ;
Abstract
A heteroduplex tracking assay (HTA), a hybridization based method of determining the genetic relationship between two or more viral genomes, for genotyping HCV is disclosed. The HTA for genotyping HCV was developed using single stranded probes derived form the carboxyl terminus of core and part of the E1 for HCV subtypes 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, and 3a. HTA is more accurate than RFLP for sub-typing HCV and has potential for identifying new variants and is useful for epidemiological studies.