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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1997
George B. Sigal, Rockville, MD (US);
Jacob N. Wohlstadter, Rockville, MD (US);
Satyanarayana Gudibande, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Mark T. Martin, Rockville, MD (US);
James L. Wilbur, Germantown, MD (US);
Meso Scale Technology LLP, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods, reagents and compositions, for conducting electrochemiluminescence binding assays which improve one or more characteristics of the assay or the instruments used to conduct the assay. The method is achieved using microparticles that include electrically conductive material. The electrically conductive material has one or more copies of an assay ligand immobilized an its outer surface and a plurality of electrochemiluminescent moieties immobilized an its outer surface. The assay ligand may be linked to the electrochemiluminescent moiety.