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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:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Paul Duesbury, Cambridge, GB;
Mark Davis, Beds, GB;
Brett Cochrane, Northants, GB;
Mark Burnapp, Beds, GB;
Inventors:
Paul Duesbury, Cambridge, GB;
Mark Davis, Beds, GB;
Brett Cochrane, Northants, GB;
Mark Burnapp, Beds, GB;
Assignee:
Church & Dwight Co., Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/06 (2006.01); G01N 21/49 (2006.01); G01N 21/85 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A diagnostic test device comprising means for sampling a liquid biological sample, means for reacting the sample with at least one reagent to provide one or more visible indicia and an optical detector for detecting the presence of said one or more indicia, the device further comprising a releasable tether which is released by contact with the liquid sample, thereby to cause the optical detector to detect the said one or more indicia.