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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:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bart C. Weimer, Logan, UT (US);
Assignee:
Utah State University, North Logan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3567 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3567 ;
Abstract
A modified bead having a structure represented by the formula B—X—A is disclosed, wherein B is a solid support preferably in the form of a bead, X is a spacer selected from the group consisting of poly(threonine), poly(serine), dextran, and poly(ethylene glycol), and A is an antibody. Using such modified beads in an immunoflow module, antigens can be captured and detected from food and environmental samples in about 30 minutes.