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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:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard C Ebersole, Wilmington, DE (US);
Edwin R Hendrickson, Hockessin, DE (US);
Mark S Payne, Wilmington, DE (US);
Sandra Fitzpatrick-McElligott, Rose Valley, PA (US);
William R Majarian, Mt. Royal, NJ (US);
Jan A Rafalski, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wimington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 912 ; 436 94 ;
Abstract
A method for detecting the presence of a nucleic acid analyte in a test sample is provided in which a test sample is contacted with a test strip of a chromatographic bibulous porous material which is capable of moving the test sample laterally along the test strip by capillary migration to ultimate capture by a moiety in a specific capture zone.