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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. 17, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
John E Herrmann, Northboro, MA (US);
Neil R Blacklow, Weston, MA (US);
Assignee:
University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 4351722 ; 43524027 ; 435975 ; 436548 ; 5303883 ;
Abstract
The present invention is based upon the discovery of a group antigen common to various types of astroviruses and the production of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies reactive with this group antigen. The present invention encompasses the polyclonal antibodies, monoclonal antibodies, hybridoma cell lines which produce these monoclonal antibodies, and methods of using the monoclonal antibodies for diagnosing and treating gastroenteritis.