Patents Represented by Attorney Jerome L. Jefferson

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  • Method and device for the detection of analyte in a fluid sample
    Patent number: 6033918
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improvement to the technique for immobilizing an analyte onto a solid surface for use in a competitive immunoassay. The improvement involves immobilizing the analyte on the solid surface by reacting the analyte or derivative thereof with polyethylene glycol which has been functionalized with a group which is reactive with the analyte contacting the resulting conjugate with the solid surface to thereby immobilize the analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Bayer Corporation
    Inventors: Robert P. Hatch, Meitak Teresa Yip