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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Dana-farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01); C07K 16/28 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/39558 (2013.01); C07K 16/2878 (2013.01); A61K 39/00 (2013.01); C07K 2317/92 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention comprises human monoclonal antibodies that bind to GITR (also known as glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor). Binding of the invented antibody to GITR inhibits binding of its ligand, GITR-L, and can be used to treat cancer.