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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Ronald M. Cook, Novato, CA (US);
Matt Lyttle, Point Reyes Station, CA (US);
Daren Dick, San Geronimo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ronald M. Cook, Novato, CA (US);
Matt Lyttle, Point Reyes Station, CA (US);
Daren Dick, San Geronimo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Biosearch Technologies, Inc., Novato, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 245/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C07H 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a family of dark quenchers, termed Black Hole Quenchers ('BHQs'), that are efficient quenchers of excited state energy but which are themselves substantially non-fluorescent. Also provided are methods of using the BHQs, probes incorporating the BHQs and methods of using the probes.