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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:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles Gelman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Peter Konstantin, Gulf Breeze, FL (US);
Wilfrid Klaus Wixwat, Pensacola, FL (US);
Yujing Yang, Pensacola, FL (US);
Chung-Jen Hou, Pensacola, FL (US);
Assignee:
Pall Corporation, East Hills, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
21050029 ; 21050027 ; 21050041 ; 4283088 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a membrane comprising (a) polymer solids comprising 60 wt. % or more of a fully synthetic organic polymer and optionally about 40 wt. % or less of a polymer of natural origin and (b) a cellulose compound which allows for the detection of a biological molecule of interest, wherein the cellulose compound is uniformly distributed throughout the surface of the membrane. The present invention also provides methods of preparing and using such membranes.