Patents Examined by Jeremy H. Jay
  • Detection of human oral cells by nucleic acid hybridization
    Patent number: 4866167
    Abstract: A probe for the detection, in a sample obtained from the mouth of a human patient, of a microbial or human cell associated with a human oral medical disorder, the probe consisting essentially of a segment of DNA or RNA capable of selectively hybridizing, under hybridizing conditions, to single-stranded DNA of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: Biotechnica Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael C. Chen, Pearl M. Chen, Lynn C. Klotz