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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. 06, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Cascade Biosystems, Inc., Colfax, WI (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth D. Smith, Colfax, WI (US);
Nina Yazvenko, Vancouver, WA (US);
Mariya Smit, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Cascade Biosystems, Inc., Colfax, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); C12Q 1/683 (2013.01);
Abstract
This document provides methods and materials for detecting contaminated food products. For example, methods and materials for using an enzymatic amplification cascade of restriction endonucleases to detect nucleic acid of a microorganism or virus (e.g., a pathogen) within a sample (e.g., food product sample) being tested, thereby assessing a food product for possible contamination are provided.