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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:
Jul. 08, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank G Oppenheim, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Tao Xu, Newton, MA (US);
Peter Spacciapoli, Newbury, MA (US);
Assignees:
Periodontix, Inc., , DE (US);
The Trustees of Boston University, , MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 514-2 ; 514 13 ; 514 14 ; 514 15 ; 530324 ; 530325 ; 530326 ; 530327 ;
Abstract
D-amino acid histatins and histatin-based peptides histatins and methods for treatment of fungal or bacterial infection are described. These D-amino acid histatins and histatin-based peptides are longer-acting anti-fungal or anti-bacterial agents than their L-enantiomeric analogues.