Patents Represented by Attorney Marilyn L. Roche Diagnostics Corporation Amink
  • Patent number: 6066505
    Abstract: In a fluorescence polarization assay for determining the amount of a target analyte in a test sample, wherein the amount of analyte is related to the amount of fluorescence emitted from the analyte-containing reagent medium, the improvement comprising contacting the analyte-containing reagent medium with of at least one compound from the group consisting of 1,10-phenanthroline, 8-hydroxy-7-iodo-5-quinoline, naphthalene-1-sulfonic acid, salts thereof, and any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Cheng, Raymond Thomas Wong, Kathryn Sarah Schwenzer