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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:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Minjie Wu, Thomaston, ME (US);
Hugh W. White, Camden, ME (US);
Noriko Kusukawa, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Thomas M. Stein, Myersville, MD (US);
Assignee:
BioWhittaker Molecular Applications, Inc., Rockland, ME (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 ; C12Q 1/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 ; C12Q 1/68 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses the use of quaternary compounds as stabilizing agents for highly-sensitive fluorescent nucleic acid stains in aqueous solvents, their use in gels to give increased usable shelf life, and in compositions of solvents, providing ready-to-use stain solutions.