The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jul. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Pong-Shing Lam, Vancouver, CA;
Peter William Payne, Surrey, CA;
David Michael Garner, Vancouver, CA;
Branko Palcic, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
Oncometrics Imaging Corp., Vancouver, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C12Q / ; G01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 405 ; 435-6 ; 435975 ; 5142248 ;
Abstract
A composition and method for staining cellular DNA are disclosed. The composition of the present invention is an aqueous alcoholic solution that includes a cationic stain, a metabisulfite, and an alcohol preferably selected from methanol, ethanol, and mixtures thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the cationic stain is thionin.