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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:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Labatt Brewing Company Limited, London, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12P / ; C07H / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435-71 ; 435-72 ; 435-732 ; 435 15 ; 435 29 ; 435 912 ; 536 2432 ; 536 2433 ;
Abstract
A method for the rapid, high-sensitivity detection of bacteria in a malt beverage comprising liquid and solid components, wherein the method comprises the steps of: aseptically sampling said malt beverage; separating the solids in the sample from the liquid by means of a substrate having antibodies attached thereto; extracting DNA from the separated solids; subjecting the extracted DNA to a nested polymerase chain reaction, said reaction comprising: