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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. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen J Doxsey, Worcester, MA (US);
Assignee:
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; A61K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-72 ; 4241381 ; 436512 ; 436513 ; 5303871 ; 5303877 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for detecting neoplastic cells in a tissue sample by examining the cells for centrosomal abnormalities such as ectopic localization of centrosomal proteins, hypertrophic centrosomes, and supernumerary centrosomes.