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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:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2010
Applicant:
John Kevin Henkhaus, Monona, WI (US);
Inventor:
John Kevin Henkhaus, Monona, WI (US);
Assignee:
OpGen, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C07H 21/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12N 1/06 (2006.01); C12N 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/06 (2013.01); C12N 15/1003 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention generally relates to methods and kits for isolating nucleic acids from an organism. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve contacting a plurality of lytic enzymes to an organism, thereby lysing a cell wall of the organism to release the nucleic acid, and introducing at least one agent to separate the nucleic acid from the lysed cells, thereby isolating the nucleic acid.