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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. 23, 2000
Filed:
May. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles Cheng, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Raymond Thomas Wong, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Kathryn Sarah Schwenzer, Yardley, PA (US);
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436537 ; 436546 ; 436815 ; 436816 ; 436825 ;
Abstract
In a fluorescence polarization assay for determining the amount of a target analyte in a test sample, wherein the amount of analyte is related to the amount of fluorescence emitted from the analyte-containing reagent medium, the improvement comprising contacting the analyte-containing reagent medium with of at least one compound from the group consisting of 1,10-phenanthroline, 8-hydroxy-7-iodo-5-quinoline, naphthalene-1-sulfonic acid, salts thereof, and any combination thereof.