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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:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
May. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip W Hammond, Tehachapi, CA (US);
Anthony A Endozo, Temecula, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gen-Probe Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; C07H / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 231 ; 536 243 ; 435-6 ;
Abstract
The present invention describes oligonucleotides targeted to Mycoplasma pneumoniae nucleic acid sequences which are particularly useful to aid in detecting Mycoplasma pneumoniae. The oligonucleotides can aid in detecting Mycoplasma pneumoniae in different ways such as by acting as hybridization assay probes, helper probes, and/or amplification primers.