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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:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Raindance Technologies, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan William Larson, Chelsea, MA (US);
Qun Zhong, Lexington, MA (US);
Darren R. Link, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Raindance Technologies, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6816 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6827 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention generally relates to droplet based digital PCR and methods for analyzing a target nucleic acid using the same. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve forming sample droplets containing, on average, a single target nucleic acid, amplifying the target in the droplets, excluding droplets containing amplicon from the target and amplicon from a variant of the target, and analyzing target amplicons.