Method for determining an analyte

US7700371B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Arrowhead Research Corporation · US

Inventors

• Kerstin Blank · Munich, DE
• Katrin Spinnler · Munich, DE
• Thao Mai · Munich, DE
• Filipp Oesterhelt · Wuppertal, DE
• Ilka Gilbert · Munich, DE
• Boris Steipe · Gauting, DE
• Hermann Gaub · Jessenitz Siedlung, DE
• Christian Albrecht · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Gunnar Brink · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 31, 2002
• Grant date: Apr 20, 2010
• Expiry date: Feb 22, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/543
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for determining an analyte in a sample. According to the method of the present invention, a probe is transferred from a stamp member onto an analyte that is bound to a support member. The present invention is particularly suitable for microarrays.