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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:
Apr. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ira H Pastan, Potomac, MD (US);
Robert J Kreitman, Potomac, MD (US);
Raj K Puri, North Potomac, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530351 ; 530350 ; 435 691 ; 435 695 ; 435 6952 ; 435 697 ; 4351723 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides for circularly permuted ligands which possess specificity and binding affinity comparable to or greater than the specificity and binding affinity of the original (unpermuted) ligand. The invention further provides for novel fusion proteins comprising a circularly permuted ligand fused to one or more proteins of interest.