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Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2000
Applicants:

Hubert Köster, Figino, CH;

Andreas Braun, San Diego, CA (US);

Dirk Van Den Boom, La Jolla, CA (US);

Christian Jurinke, La Jolla, CA (US);

Andreas Ruppert, Hamburg, DE;

Franz Hillenkamp, Münster, DE;

Daniel P. Little, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Hubert Köster, Figino, CH;

Andreas Braun, San Diego, CA (US);

Dirk van den Boom, La Jolla, CA (US);

Christian Jurinke, La Jolla, CA (US);

Andreas Ruppert, Hamburg, DE;

Franz Hillenkamp, Münster, DE;

Daniel P. Little, Boston, MA (US);

Assignee:

Sequenom, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Fast and highly accurate mass spectrometry-based processes for detecting a particular nucleic acid sequence in a biological sample are provided. Depending on the sequence to be detected, the processes can be used, for example, to diagnose a genetic disease or chromosomal abnormality; a predisposition to a disease or condition, infection by a pathogenic organism, or for determining identity or heredity.


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