Patents Examined by Lung V. Le
  • Patent number: 7179610
    Abstract: The instant invention involves the use of a combination of preparatory steps in conjunction with mass spectroscopy and time-of-flight detection procedures to maximize the diversity of biopolymers which are verifiable within a particular sample. The cohort of biopolymers verified within such a sample is then viewed with reference to their ability to evidence at least one particular disease state; thereby enabling a diagnostician to gain the ability to characterize either the presence or absence of at least one disease state relative to recognition of the presence and/or the absence of the biopolymer, predict disease risk assessment, and develop therapeutic avenues against the disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Nanogen Inc.
    Inventors: George Jackowski, John Marshall