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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:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans-Jurgen Barrach, Greenville, RI (US);
Clinton O Chichester, Wakefield, RI (US);
Assignees:
The Board of Governors For Higher Education State of Rhode Island and, , US;
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5303881 ; 5303911 ; 5303913 ; 435-793 ; 435-794 ; 435 7021 ; 43524027 ; 435961 ; 436531 ; 436548 ;
Abstract
The invention discloses monoclonal antibodies which bind specifically to Type II collagen, but not to its peptides, or vice versa. Also disclosed are the methods of preparing hybridomas for production of these antibodies; the assays which utilize these antibodies to detect or quantify Type II collagen and/or its peptides in a solution (e.g., body fluid, culture medium, and tissue extract); and assay kits containing these antibodies.