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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:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Mathies, Moraga, CA (US);
Alexander Glazer, Orinda, CA (US);
Jingyue Ju, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12P 1/934 ; C07H 2/102 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12P 1/934 ; C07H 2/102 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
Fluorescent labels having at least one donor and at least one acceptor fluorophore bonded to a polymeric backbone in energy transfer relationship, as well as methods for their use, are provided. Of particular interest are the subject labels wherein the polymeric backbone is a nucleic acid and the donor fluorophore is bonded to the 5′ terminus of said nucleic acid. Such labels find use as primers in applications involving nucleic acid chain extension, such as sequencing, PCR and the like.