Patent 7560231 was granted and assigned to Roche Molecular Systems on July, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention is related to compounds comprising mannitol or glucitol derivatives which may be used to build up oligomeric compounds. The invention is further related to uses of these oligomeric compounds for hybridization and as probes. In addition, methods for the detection of nucleic acids are disclosed wherein the oligomeric compounds are used.