Modified western blot membrane and method for detecting lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases

US6013460A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Immunetics, Inc. · US

Inventor

• Andrew E. Levin · Cambridge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 12, 1997
• Grant date: Jan 11, 2000
• Expiry date: Sep 12, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S435/975
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

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