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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2012
Applicants:
Ibis Biosciences, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Nina M. Hofstadler, Vista, CA (US);
Inventors:
David J. Ecker, Encinitas, CA (US);
Steven A. Hofstadler, Vista, CA (US);
Rangarajan Sampath, San Diego, CA (US);
Lawrence B. Blyn, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Thomas A. Hall, Oceanside, CA (US);
Mark W. Eshoo, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
IBIS BIOSCIENCES, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6853 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention compositions, methods and systems to identify, detect, and/or quantify bacterial DNA in the presence of contaminating non-bacterial DNA. In particular, the present invention provides oligonucleotides configured to detect a relatively small amount of bacterial DNA in the presence of an overwhelmingly large amount of contaminating human DNA.