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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. 15, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin M. Gorman, Rochester, NY (US);
John A. McElver, Des Moines, IA (US);
Charles P. Cartwright, Plymouth, MN (US);
David R. Patterson, Penfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to nucleic acid primers and probes specific for organisms of the complex (MAC) and to their use in nucleic acid amplification methods for the detection and differentiation of such organisms in biological samples. The invention also relates to diagnostic kits for detecting and differentiating the various organisms comprising the MAC.