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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:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dave S Hoon, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Andrew J Conrad, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Peter Schmid, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
NGI/Cancer Tech Company, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12P / ; C07H / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 911 ; 435 912 ; 536 235 ; 536 2431 ; 536 2433 ; 536 253 ;
Abstract
Methods for detecting metastasis of melanoma and breast cancer cells, detecting subclinical metastasis, and monitoring treatment are disclosed. Kits for use in such methods also are disclosed. The methods provide for the detection of nucleic acids corresponding to multiple melanoma or breast cancer specific markers using template dependent amplification processes. Methods using multiple markers provide increased sensitivity over existing methods.