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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:
Jan. 03, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Aphton Corporation, Woodland, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 859 ; 424 88 ; 424105 ; 530387 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method for contraception comprising the active immunization of a female mammal against zona pellucida using a composition comprising an effective amount of anti-idiotypic antibodies formed against anti-zona pellucida antibodies, which anti-idiotypic antibodies express internal images of zona pellucida antigenic determinants capable of eliciting a contraceptive response.