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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:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott P Layne, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Tony J Beugelsdijk, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 435-71 ; 435-792 ; 422 63 ; 422 64 ; 422 65 ; 422 66 ; 422 67 ; 422 681 ; 422 8205 ; 422 8209 ; 436 43 ; 436 47 ; 436 48 ; 436 51 ; 436 63 ; 436180 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for testing specimens for infection by a retrovirus is described. The apparatus comprises a process controller including a communications module for translating user commands into test instrument suite commands and a means for communicating specimen test results to a user. The apparatus further comprises a test instrument suite including a means for treating the specimen to manifest an observable result and a detector for measuring the observable result.