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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. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David E Nivens, Knoxville, TN (US);
Bruce M Applegate, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignees:
National Water Research Institute, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Critical Point Technologies, Inc., Knoxville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12M / ; G01N / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 29 ; 4352831 ; 4352871 ; 4352872 ; 436527 ; 210600 ; 210634 ;
Abstract
A method for detecting the presence of a microorganism in an environmental sample involves contacting the sample with a supercritical fluid to isolate nucleic acid from the microorganism, then detecting the presence of a particular sequence within the isolated nucleic acid. The nucleic acid may optionally be subjected to further purification.