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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:
Sep. 10, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1989
Franz Buchegger, Chexbres, CH;
Jean-Pierre Mach, Lausanne, CH;
Research Corporation Technologies, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns novel monoclonal antibodies with high specificity to and affinity for human carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), derivatives thereof, processes for the preparation of these antibodies and their derivatives, hybridoma cell lines secreting the antibodies, and processes for the preparation of said cell lines. The monoclonal antibodies of the invention and their derivatives are useful in the diagnosis and therapy of cancer and serial monitoring of cancer patients for recurrent disease or response to therapy. Test kits and pharmaceutical compositions containing said monoclonal anti-CEA antibodies are also subject of the invention.