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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:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David R. Walt, Lexington, MA (US);
Brian G. Healey, Guilford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Trustees of Tufts College, Medford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12P 1/934 ; C07H 2/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12P 1/934 ; C07H 2/102 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides biosensors, apparatus and methods for selectively detecting at least one complementary oligonucleotide target specie in a fluid sample containing a mixture of different oligonucleotide fragments. One preferred embodiment of the biosensor is as a unitary fiber optic array having species of single stranded nucleic acid disposed as individual deposits in aligned organization upon multiple strand end faces at differing spatial positions on the distal array end surface.