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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:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Laboratory of Molecular Biophotonics, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3574 ; G01W 3/3543 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3574 ; G01W 3/3543 ;
Abstract
This invention provides fluoroassay which comprises labeling analyte molecules with a fluorescent material having a nucleic acid portion stained with a sufficient number of fluorochrome molecules so as to be measurable as fluorescent spots, and a reactive group binding to the analyte molecule specifically, immobilizing the labeled analyte on a solid phase, and counting the number of fluorescent spots. The nucleic acid portion of the fluorescent labeling material is a double-stranded or single-stranded nucleic acid, and the staining with the fluorochrome molecules is performed with intercalating type, minor groove binding type, or covalently binding to the nucleic acid type.