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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. 09, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Hoch, La Jolla, CA (US);
Veronique Dartois, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
MicroGenomics, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12N 1/12 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 5/00 ; C12N 1/586 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12N 1/12 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 5/00 ; C12N 1/586 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates in part to methods for screening for novel enzymatic pathways in environmental samples using metabolic selection strategies, and the isolation of the genes and proteins that make up these pathways.