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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:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Richard C. Willson, Houston, TX (US);
Paul Ruchhoeft, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Richard C. Willson, Houston, TX (US);
Paul Ruchhoeft, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/06 (2006.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/76 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01); G01N 33/551 (2006.01); G01N 33/553 (2006.01); C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Labels and methods of producing labels for use in clinical, analytical and pharmaceutical development assays are provided. Labels may comprise shape-encoded particles which may be coupled to ligands such as DNA, RNA and antibodies, where different shapes are used to identify which ligand(s) are present. Labels may also comprise reflectors, including retroreflectors and retroreflectors susceptible to analyte-dependent assembly for efficient homogeneous assays.