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US 6,887,669 · App. 09/542,445 · Granted May 3, 2005

Reagents for assays for ligands

Assignee: Dade Behring Marburg GmbH
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Patent No.
US 6,887,669
App. No.
09/542,445
Granted
May 3, 2005
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for releasing a ligand from a complex of the ligand with an endogenous protein using a releasing agent.

Claims (4)

1. A method for releasing a ligand from a complex with endogenous proteins, said method comprising contacting a medium suspected of containing said complex with an effective amount of a compound of the formula:

wherein R 1 is alkyl; R 2 is hydrogen or alkyl; X is O, S or N; n is 1 when X is O or S and n is 2 when X is N; and m is 1 or 2.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein X is O.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said compound is methoxybenzoic acid.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 21, 2010
From: DADE BEHRING MARBURG GMBH
To: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS PRODUCTS GMBH
Reel/Frame 024563/0503 →
Continuity (2)
Division 0889624400 · Jul 17, 1997
Provisional Application 6002213300 · Jul 18, 1996