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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2001
Applicants:
Zohar H. Yakhini, Ya′acov, IL;
Jeffrey R Sampson, Burlingame, CA (US);
Joel Myerson, Berkeley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zohar H. Yakhini, Ya′acov, IL;
Jeffrey R Sampson, Burlingame, CA (US);
Joel Myerson, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12M 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a system and methods for assaying nucleic acid molecules with reduced levels of background signal and enhanced specificity and sensitivity. In particular, the present invention provides a system and methods for detecting, sorting, tracking and characterizing nucleic acid molecules using hybridization assays with reduced levels of undesirable cross hybridization and reduced levels of intramolecular secondary structure.