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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Luigi Catanzariti, Duxbury, MA (US);
Bryan W. Kluttz, Norwell, MA (US);
Marcela Vera-Garcia, Framingham, MA (US);
J. Lawrence Burg, Framingham, MA (US);
James G. Moe, Frankiln, MA (US);
Geoff A. McKinley, Duxbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
bioMerieux Vitek, Hazelwood, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the detection of specific nucleic acid sequences, either by a process of amplification of specific nucleic acid sequences or not. More particularly the invention provides for improved compositions and methods for reducing the chance for contamination from manipulation of reagents, internal controls for amplification, and the use of automated apparatus for the automated detection of one, or more than one amplified nucleic acid sequences.