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Theophylline assay

CA 1308780 C · Owner: Wilshere, Jane Margot · Inventors: Foulds, Nicola Clare; Wilshere, Jane Margot

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ABSTACT, An electrochemical method of assay foe determining theophylline in a sample comprises contacting the sample with an alkaline phosphatase and with a phosphate ester which is a substrate for the alkaline phosphatase and from which an electroactive compound can be released by catalytic activity of the alkaline phosphatase electrochemically oxidising the electroactive compound detecting current arising from the electrochemical oxidation, comparing the detected current with that obtained from a standardised electrochemical oxidation and evaluating the level of theophylline in the sample.

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  • Granted October 13, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 13, 2009.
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FiledSeptember 27, 1989
GrantedOctober 13, 1992
Term endedOctober 13, 2009
Patent numberCA 1308780 C
Classification (IPC)C12Q1/42 +1 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedSep 27, 1989Patent grantedOct 13, 1992Term endedOct 13, 2009

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