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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. 28, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2004
Applicants:
Yuji Hirowatari, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Katsuko Hara, Nara-ken, JP;
Hakuo Takahashi, Shiga-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tosoh Corporation, Yamaguchi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for assessing nicotine dependence, which involves measuring a whole blood, serum or platelet-rich plasma serotonin level and rating the whole blood, serum or platelet-rich plasma serotonin level on such a scale that the higher it is, the higher nicotine dependence is.