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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:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John W Backus, San Diego, CA (US);
Susan M Atwood, Rochester, NY (US);
Ann E Casey, Rochester, NY (US);
Eric B Rasmussen, Madison, WI (US);
Thomas J Cummins, Penfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 435 911 ; 435 912 ; 435-6 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and test kits for the amplification and detection of nucleic acids from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 and/or type 2. The methods use multiple primer sets to amplify all subtypes of HIV-1, including group M and group O isolates, and all subtypes of HIV-2.