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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:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stanley N Lapidus, Bedford, NH (US);
Anthony P Shuber, Milford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Exact Laboratories, Inc., Maynard, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12Q / ; G01N / ; G01N / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 912 ; 435-6 ; 435 911 ; 435-723 ; 436 94 ; 536 231 ;
Abstract
Methods of the invention comprise assays for markers indicative of cancer or precancer. Assays of the invention are performed on samples obtained from a patient by non-invasive or minimally-invasive methods. The invention provides nucleic acid indicia of cancer or precancer with high sensitivities and high specificities for detection.