[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-3408] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: February 15, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army Availability for Licensing of U.S. Patent Application Concerning the Rapid and Accurate Quantitation of HIV-1 Nucleic Acids in Large Numbers of Human Clinical Samples AGENCY: U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, DOD. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6, announcement is made of the availability of U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/154,416 entitled ``High Through-Put Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction for HIV Clinical Specimens'' fined November 19, 1993 for licensing. This invention has been assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Army. ADDRESSES: Commander U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, ATTN: Staff Judge Advocate, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland 21702-5012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John F. Moran, Patent Attorney, (301) 619-2065 or telefax (301) 619-7714. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The invention involves methods and kits for the rapid and accurate quantitation of HIV-1 nucleic acids in large numbers of human clinical specimens. Cloned, standard internal controls for both HIV-1 and cellular sequences are used for parallel amplification and compared with test samples. A universal HIV-1 gag primer permits detection and quantitation of sequences from every known HIV-1 gag gene while liquid hybridization detection greatly reduces processing time, error, and cost. Kenneth L. Denton, Army Federal Register, Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 94-3408 Filed 2-14-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3710-08-M