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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:
Jun. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436537 ; 436546 ; 436172 ; 530350 ; 530402 ; 530403 ; 530820 ;
Abstract
An assay for the detection of antibodies to the MPB70 protein secreted by Mycobacterium bovis utilizes a tracer consisting of the MPB70 protein conjugated to a fluorophore such as fluorescein. Upon mixing with the antibodies specific for MPB70 protein contained in the serum of an animal infected with M. bovis, the bound tracer exhibits an increase in fluorescence polarization, detectable in an instrument.