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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. 26, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen M Krane, Waban, MA (US);
Michael H Byrne, Town of Dracut, MA (US);
Hsin-Shan Julia Ju, Cupertino, CA (US);
Scott D Leigh, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Metra Biosystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-71 ; 435326 ; 435331 ; 435346 ; 435975 ; 436518 ; 530327 ; 530328 ; 530356 ; 5303879 ; 5303881 ; 5303911 ;
Abstract
The invention includes a method of determining the level of Type I collagen fragments in a biological fluid using an antibody which is immunospecific for an epitope contained in one of the following sequences: