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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:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jack V. Smith, Asheville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/44 ;
Abstract
A method for determining the presence or amount of gamma-hydroxybutyrate or precursors in a sample, said method comprising contacting said sample with an indicator which specifically binds to gamma-hydroxybutyrate or precursors to form an indicatorcomplex; and, measuring said indicatorcomplex to determine the presence or amount of said gamma-hydroxybutyrate or precursors in said sample.