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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. 10, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eric J Hansen, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4351723 ; 4352523 ; 4353201 ; 536 237 ; 4242561 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are DNA and other biological compositions, including biological cultures, for preparing Haemophilus influenzae antigens by recombinant means. The disclosed recombinant antigens are suitable for use in the preparation of immunogenic compositions for use in vaccination against various Haemophilus influenzae type B infections. Particular embodiments disclosed include DNA segments which encode the P2 major outer membrane protein antigen, also referred to as the 39/38 protein, biological cultures transformed by these DNA segments, and the preparation of recombinant P2 antigen through the use of these biological cultures.