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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:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Laszlo Takacs, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-74 ; 435 24 ; 422 56 ; 436811 ;
Abstract
The present invention involves a variety of assay methods and devices for screening or diagnosing the occurrence of extrahepatic biliary atresia. In particular the methods and devices involve an antibody specifically for the detection of dipeptidyl peptidase IV in a test sample as indicative of extrahepatic biliary atresia.