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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:
Dec. 20, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey C Hunt, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Virender K Sarin, Libertyville, IL (US);
Sushil G Devare, Northbrook, IL (US);
Ilse I Tribby, Chicago, IL (US);
Suresh M Desai, Libertyville, IL (US);
James M Casey, Gurnee, IL (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; G01N / ; G01N / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 435-793 ; 43524027 ; 435974 ; 435975 ; 53038835 ; 530329 ; 422 56 ; 930221 ;
Abstract
A mouse monoclonal antibody is provided which detects HIV-2 seropositive individuals and differentiates them from HIV-1 seropositive individuals. The monoclonal antibody is specific for an epitope of HIV-2 gp41 which lies outside the characterized immunodominant region. The epitope recognized by the monoclonal antibody has the amino acid sequence HTTVPW.