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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:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dinesh O. Shah, Libertyville, IL (US);
James P. Mackowiak, Grayslake, IL (US);
Natalie Dubovoy, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 ;
Abstract
The subject invention relates generally to immunoassays for detection of antibodies by use chemiluminescent compounds. More particularly, the subject invention relates to chemiluminescent immunoassays to detect antibodies wherein a precomplex mixture is created and a two-step assay is performed resulting in a greater signal.