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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:
Jun. 14, 1977
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip J Provost, Harleysville, PA (US);
Oswald L Ittensohn, Telford, PA (US);
Maurice R Hilleman, Lafayette Hill, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 89 ;
Abstract
Hepatitis A antigen obtained from the livers of non-human primates infected with hepatitis A (infectious hepatitis) virus has been found to be usable in fast, simple assays for hepatitis A antibody and thus usable in diagnosis of hepatitis A disease in humans, and for the preparation of hepatitis A vaccine.