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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:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2007
Applicant:
James L. Brown, Athens, OH (US);
Inventor:
James L. Brown, Athens, OH (US);
Assignee:
Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc., Athens, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/02 (2006.01); C12N 5/07 (2010.01); C12N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in the diagnosis and management of autoimmune diseases. In particular, the present invention provides improved methods and compositions for the diagnosis and management of Graves' disease. The methods of the present invention not only avoids the need for radioactivity and are much simpler, economical, and rapid than methods traditionally used for the diagnosis of Graves' disease, but also improve upon the sensitivity and detection abilities of previous luciferase-based autoantibody detection assays.