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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:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Xiao Li, Germantown, MD (US);
Kenneth Anthony Kopher, Baltimore, MD (US);
John D. Mantlo, Westminster, MD (US);
William Alfred Pope, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Song Shi, Reistertown, MD (US);
Axel A. Yup, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Assignee:
Becton, Dickiinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 1/30 (2006.01); C12Q 1/06 (2006.01); C12Q 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/30 (2013.01); C12Q 1/04 (2013.01); C12Q 1/06 (2013.01); G01N 2001/302 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for determining one of the presence, absence, or total of microorganisms (e.g. bacteria) in a sample. According to the process, a biological sample containing complex matrices is obtained. The sample is first combined with a resin to adsorb complex matrices from the sample. The resin is removed from the biological sample. The sample so prepared is then analyzed by flow cytometry.