From Scott Brown
From Cyberlaw
Patent Claim 13:
A method for detecting a deficiency of cobalamin or folate in warm-blooded animals [by] comprising the steps of:
- assaying a body fluid[s] for [the presence of] an
elevated level[s] of total homocysteine[.]; and
- correlating an elevated level of total homocysteine
in said body fluid with a deficiency of cobalamin or folate.
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LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS (D/B/A LABCORP),
Petitioner,
v.
METABOLITE LABORATORIES, INC. AND COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
Respondents.
