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Dark quenchers for donor-acceptor energy transfer

US10301349B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BIOSEARCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

Ronald M. Cook · San Rafael, US
Matt Lyttle · Fairfax, US
Daren Dick · San Geronimo, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 30, 2015
Grant date	May 28, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 23, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC40B40/00
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a family of dark quenchers, termed Black Hole Quenchers (“BHQs”), that are efficient quenchers of excited state energy but which are themselves substantially non-fluorescent. Also provided are methods of using the BHQs, probes incorporating the BHQs and methods of using the probes.

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