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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:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Nicholas L. Abbott, Madison, WI (US);
Matthew L. Tingey, Madison, WI (US);
Brian H. Clare, Madison, WI (US);
Chang-hyun Jang, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas L. Abbott, Madison, WI (US);
Matthew L. Tingey, Madison, WI (US);
Brian H. Clare, Madison, WI (US);
Chang-Hyun Jang, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G02F 1/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides methods, devices and kits for detecting a ligand. The methods involve capturing a ligand from a sample with an affinity substrate that includes a receptor for a ligand, transferring captured ligand to a detection surface and detecting the ligand on the detection surface with a liquid crystal. Accordingly, the capture step is decoupled from the detection step.