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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:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
William F Crowley, Newtonville, MA (US);
J Larry Jameson, Winnetka, IL (US);
Alan L Schneyer, Arlington, MA (US);
Jeffrey Weiss, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514-2 ; 514 12 ; 514 21 ; 514841 ; 514843 ;
Abstract
A method for contraception which features administering to a patient a contraceptive agent having activin-antagonist activity. The contraceptive agent results in inhibition of the activin-stimulated release of FSH, thereby resulting in a decrease in fertility and facilitating contraception in the patient.