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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:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeff A. Parrott, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Atairgin Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/44 ; C12Q 1/26 ; C12Q 1/32 ; C12N 9/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/44 ; C12Q 1/26 ; C12Q 1/32 ; C12N 9/20 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to methods for detecting preeclampsia in pregnancies. The present invention comprises the steps of obtaining a sample specimen from a patient, assaying the specimen to determine the level of glycerophosphatidyl compounds, glycerophosphatidylcholine, lysophospholipids and/or lysophosphatidylcholine in the sample, comparing levels in the sample to levels in normal samples, and correlating significant decreases as compared to normal samples as a positive indicator of preeclampsia.