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Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2006
Applicants:

James M. Carrick, San Diego, CA (US);

Jeffrey D. Chismar, San Diego, CA (US);

Michael J. Gilly, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

James M. Carrick, San Diego, CA (US);

Jeffrey D. Chismar, San Diego, CA (US);

Michael J. Gilly, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Gen-Probe Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/50 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Machine executable method of analyzing growth curve data to identify the transition from a baseline phase into a growth phase. Applications of the method include analysis of results from time-dependent monitoring of amplicon synthesis in a nucleic acid amplification reaction to quantify a starting amount of a nucleic acid template in a test sample. The method advantageously simplifies the quantitation by circumventing the need to establish thresholds used for calculating initiation of the growth phase, to calculate derivatives, or to perform linear regression analysis.


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