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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2015
Applicant:

Applied Biosystems, Llc, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kai Lao, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Neil Straus, Emeryville, CA (US);

Kenneth Livak, Arlington, MA (US);

Assignee:

Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12N 9/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6876 (2013.01); C07H 21/04 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6844 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6848 (2013.01); C07H 21/02 (2013.01); C12N 9/00 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present teachings provide methods, compositions, and kits for performing primer extension reactions. In some embodiments, a reverse transcription reaction is performed on a target polynucleotide with a hot start primer comprising a blunt-ended self-complementary stem, and a loop, and extension products form at high temperatures but reduce extension product formation at low temperatures.


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