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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. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lisa S Beavers, Trafalgar, IN (US);
Thomas F Bumol, Carmel, IN (US);
Robert A Gadski, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4352402 ; 4353201 ; 435 696 ; 536 2353 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses novel chimeric monoclonal antibodies, directed against proteoglycans of human melanoma cells, having antigen-specific variable regions of defined amino acid sequences. DNA constructs for the light and heavy chain variable regions comprising the novel antibodies of the invention are provided. Eukaryotic host cells capable of expression of the chimeric antibodies and comprising the novel chimeric antibody-encoding DNA constructs are also provided.