Closed-system multi-stage nucleic acid amplification reactions

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8728765
APP PUB NO 20120244534A1
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13397416

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The invention is directed to systems, methods, and apparatus for carrying out multi-stage amplification reactions, especially under fluidly closed conditions. In one aspect, methods of the invention are carried out in a fluidly closed reaction system that permits the isolation of a portion of a first (or prior) reaction mixture and its use as a sample or specimen in a second (or subsequent) reaction mixture, thereby substantially avoiding interfering effects that first reaction components may have in the second reaction if both reaction mixtures were simply combined together. In this aspect, systems, methods, and apparatus of the invention may be used with any amplification reaction that permits multiple stages of amplification based on the use of nested primers.

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Chang, Ronald Redwood City, US 98 6575
Ching, Jesus San Jose, US 74 4935
Dority, Douglas Mill Valley, US 7 67
Paul, Kendra Lara Santa Clara, US 2 149
Van, Atta Reuel Palo Alto, US 17 264
Wang, James Jian Quan Fremont, US 4 151
Wong, Wendy Mountain View, US 15 376
Zhang, Jian Ping Moraga, US 6 182

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