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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:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Hefti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Signature BioScience, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3566 ; G01N 3/300 ; G01N 2/518 ; C12M 1/34 ; C12M 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3566 ; G01N 3/300 ; G01N 2/518 ; C12M 1/34 ; C12M 3/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a variety of methods of analyzing protein binding events using a system capable of directly detecting protein/ligand complexes based upon the dielectric properties of the complex. The system can be used in a variety of analyses involving protein binding events, such as screening ligand libraries, characterizing protein binding interactions, and identifying ligands. The system can also be utilized in diverse analytical and diagnostic applications.