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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. 25, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Juergen R Vielkind, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; A61K / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435344 ; 514 16 ; 5303879 ; 5303877 ; 5303918 ; 436547 ; 4353441 ;
Abstract
Methods and compositions are provided for protecting antigens having a specific epitope associated with Melanoma. The epitope is present in melanoma cells but is essentially absent from melanocytes cites or other human tumor cells. The antibody can be used in diagnostic methods for histochemical detection of human melanoma of various progression stages and in treatment of melanoma.