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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:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wlodek Mandecki, Libertyville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Pharmaseq, Inc., Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 912 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are materials and methods for performing multiplex assays for nucleic acids, in which a transponder is associated with the bead(s) forming the solid phase used in the assay, nucleic acid probes are bound to the surface of the particles, and data concerning the assay is encoded on the transponder. A dedicated read/write device is used to remotely encode or read the data.