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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:
Aug. 16, 2011

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2009
Applicants:

Larry E. Morrison, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);

Irina A. Sokolova, Villa Park, IL (US);

Steven A. Seelig, Elmhurst, IL (US);

Kevin C. Halling, Rochester, MN (US);

Inventors:

Larry E. Morrison, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);

Irina A. Sokolova, Villa Park, IL (US);

Steven A. Seelig, Elmhurst, IL (US);

Kevin C. Halling, Rochester, MN (US);

Assignees:

VYSIS, Inc., Downers Grove, IL (US);

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Probe sets and methods of using probes and probe sets for the detection of cancer are described. Methods for detecting cancer that include hybridizing a set of chromosomal probes to a biological sample obtained from a patient, and identifying if cancer cells are present the sample. Also included are methods of selecting a combination of probes for the detection of cancer.


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