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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2002
Applicants:

Priscilla Wilkins Stevens, Evanston, IL (US);

David Kelso, Wilmette, IL (US);

Victor Lyamichev, Madison, WI (US);

Jeff Hall, Madison, WI (US);

Bruce P. Neri, Madison, WI (US);

Robert W. Kwiatkowski, Jr., Verona, WI (US);

Lloyd M. Smith, Madison, WI (US);

Inventors:

Priscilla Wilkins Stevens, Evanston, IL (US);

David Kelso, Wilmette, IL (US);

Victor Lyamichev, Madison, WI (US);

Jeff Hall, Madison, WI (US);

Bruce P. Neri, Madison, WI (US);

Robert W. Kwiatkowski, Jr., Verona, WI (US);

Lloyd M. Smith, Madison, WI (US);

Assignee:

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention relates to systems, compositions, and methods for the detection and characterization of nucleic acid sequences and variations in nucleic acid sequences. The present invention relates to methods for attaching nucleic acids to solid supports and modifying nucleic acids. For example, in some embodiments, the 5' nuclease activity of a cleavage agent is used to cleave a cleavage structure formed on the solid support, the occurrence of the cleavage event indicating the presence of specific nucleic acid sequences.


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