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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. 03, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2003
Applicant:
David R. Eyre, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
David R. Eyre, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Washington Research Foundation, Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q001/00 ; G01N033/53 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for assaying bone resorption rates which consists of quantitating the concentration of peptide fragments derived from bone collagen, found in a body fluid is disclosed. The method includes immunometric assay, fluorometric assay and electrochemical titration. The structure of specific peptide fragments having 3-hydroxypyridinium cross-links found in urine of Paget's disease patients and procedures for making monoclonal antibodies is described.