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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:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Helen Braven, Cardiff, GB;
Russell Keay, Chippenham, GB;
Stephen Flower, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Atlas Genetics, Ltd., Trowbridge, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/37 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 27/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides methods and compounds for detecting protease activity in a sample solution comprising contacting the sample solution with a protease substrate labelled with an electrochemically active marker, providing conditions under which any protease which may be present in the sample may degrade the protease substrate and electrochemically determining information relating to the electrochemically active marker.