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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Applicants:
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Xiaoguang Dai, North Bergen, NJ (US);
Salvatore A. E. Marras, Roselle Park, NJ (US);
Matthew Libera, New Providence, NJ (US);
Assignees:
Rutgers, the State of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6837 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6834 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6876 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to surface-patterned microgels to which molecular beacon probes are immobilized. The immobilized molecular beacon probes exhibit both low non-specific background and high specific fluorescence. Also disclosed are related arrays, related detection methods, and preparation methods.