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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:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
May. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3546 ; G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3543 ; C12Q 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3546 ; G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3543 ; C12Q 1/00 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method for the determination of an analyte in which rheumatoid factors or rheumatoid-factor-like substances are added as an interference reducing reagent to reduce of avoid a hook effect. The invention in addition concerns suitable reagent kits for carrying out the method.