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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:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael J Tarlov, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Tonya M Herne, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Keith H McKenney, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 536 241 ;
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a biopolymer-containing monolayer comprising: thiol-derivatized biopolymers and organic thiols bound to a metal substrate. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method for forming this biopolymer-containing monolayer. Preferably, the biopolymers are single-stranded DNA probes.