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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:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clement E. Furlong, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Scott Jorgenson-Soelberg, Seattle, WA (US);
James B. Clendenning, Seattle, WA (US);
Noel W. Kirshenbaum, San Francisco, CA (US);
Victor Chevillon, Reno, NV (US);
Peter Leon Kowalczyk, Surrey, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/324 ; G01N 3/320 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/324 ; G01N 3/320 ;
Abstract
Methods for detecting gold and quantitating gold in ore samples utilizing a gold-specific protein are provided, including methods for multiple sample handling. Also provided are methods for extracting gold from mineral suspensions utilizing a magnetic mineral binding reagent and gold-specific protein, or hydrophobic reagent and gold-specific protein in conjunction with a flotation reagent.