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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2004
Applicants:

Gerry R. Boss, La Jolla, CA (US);

Stephen B. Jones, San Diego, CA (US);

Jeffrey C. Chen, San Gabriel, CA (US);

Friederike Von Lintig, San Diego, CA (US);

Stephanie Hoffman, Patatuma, CA (US);

Adam Kimmerly, San Diego, CA (US);

Joann Luu, San Jose, CA (US);

Matthew Christopher Mycroft, Sierra Madre, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gerry R. Boss, La Jolla, CA (US);

Stephen B. Jones, San Diego, CA (US);

Jeffrey C. Chen, San Gabriel, CA (US);

Friederike von Lintig, San Diego, CA (US);

Stephanie Hoffman, Patatuma, CA (US);

Adam Kimmerly, San Diego, CA (US);

Joann Luu, San Jose, CA (US);

Matthew Christopher Mycroft, Sierra Madre, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/543 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention is a method for the isolation of molecules of interest using tubes in which at least a portion of the inner walls of the tube are coated with microbeads that are coated with a capture reagent to bind the molecule of interest. The microbeads may be glass or polymer beads. The invention is a method and apparatus for preparation of the tubes for use in the method of the invention. The invention is a method for determining ratios of guanine nucleotides bound to guanine-nucleotide binding proteins.


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