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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:
Jun. 03, 1997
Filed:
May. 04, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael C Kiefer, Clayton, CA (US);
Frank R Masiarz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Philip J Barr, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 694 ; 435 698 ; 4352542 ; 4353201 ; 536 235 ; 536 2351 ; 536 2431 ;
Abstract
The isolation, identification and production by recombinant methods of bone calcification factor, a 22 KD polypeptide, are disclosed. The peptide has calcification-inducing activity when implanted with matrix Gla protein into mammals.