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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:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vipin K. Rastogi, Bel Air, MD (US);
Tu-Chen Cheng, Timonium, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C07H 2/104 ; C12P 1/934 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C07H 2/104 ; C12P 1/934 ;
Abstract
The invention provides purified and isolated DNA fragments from chromosomal DNA, primer sets and probes derived therefrom, as well as kits and detection methods for The methods of the invention provide for specific detection of anthrax over closely related strains of Bacillus, as well as accurate detection of low numbers of in an environmental sample containing large amounts of non-specific DNA. The invention is applicable to food, health care, and military applications.