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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:
Aug. 30, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2002
Applicants:
Menashi A. Cohenford, West Warwick, RI (US);
Brian Lentrichia, Acton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Menashi A. Cohenford, West Warwick, RI (US);
Brian Lentrichia, Acton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cytyc Corporation, Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P019/34 ; C07H021/02 ; C07H021/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides materials and methods for detection and typing of HPV infection using PNA probes. More specifically, methods are provided for detecting high-risk types of HPV infection with minimal numbers of PNA probes or using PNA probes to selectively amplify only high-risk types of HPV. Novel primer sequences are also provided.