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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:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2004
Applicants:
Sang Van, San Diego, CA (US);
Lei Yu, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nitto Denko Corporation, Ibaraki, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microscope system, kit and method are described for observation of cellular activity in real time. The system is used to monitor cell transfection using a polynucleotide noncovalently attached to a carrier, The carrier labeled with a dye or fluorescent agent so that transport of complex can be monitored in real time. The polynucleotide includes both a gene of interest and a reporter gene. The reporter gene indicates successful expression of the gene of interest.