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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:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Mark R. Andersen, San Mateo, CA (US);
Michael W. Hunkapiller, San Carlos, CA (US);
Kenneth J. Livak, San Jose, CA (US);
Eugene G. Spier, Palo Alto, CA (US);
H. Michael Wenz, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark R. Andersen, San Mateo, CA (US);
Michael W. Hunkapiller, San Carlos, CA (US);
Kenneth J. Livak, San Jose, CA (US);
Eugene G. Spier, Palo Alto, CA (US);
H. Michael Wenz, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applera Corporation, Foster City, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and kits for detecting the presence or absence of (or quantitating) target nucleic acid sequences using ligation and amplification. The invention also relates to methods, reagents, and kits that employ addressable portions and labeled probes.