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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:
Mar. 26, 1991
Filed:
May. 25, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert W Akita, Oakland, CA (US);
Dagne L Florine, Moraga, CA (US);
John S Ralston, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Triton Biosciences Inc., Alameda, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530324 ; 530325 ; 530326 ; 530327 ; 530328 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses synthetic peptides and antibodies raised thereto wherein the synthetic peptides represent important epitopic sites recognized by the 0.5 .alpha. antibody, a human monoclonal antibody which can neutralize HTLV-I. Also, the uses of these peptides or antibodies thereto either alone or in combination with peptides representing the epitopic site for the predominant antibodies found in HTLV-I env seropositive sera as diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines are disclosed.