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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:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Surendra K. Gupta, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/32 ; C12Q 1/00 ; C12N 1/00 ; G01N 3/353 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/32 ; C12Q 1/00 ; C12N 1/00 ; G01N 3/353 ;
Abstract
A method for monitoring the progress of fat loss in a patient during a weight loss program which comprises, contacting a body fluid sample from said patient with a solid test strip to provide a color indication of the presence in said body fluid of &bgr;-hydroxybutyrate, optionally together with acetoacetate and/or acetone.