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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:
Oct. 07, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jean Gariepy, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
The Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530324 ; 530327 ; 530328 ; 530329 ; 530330 ; 530332 ; 530345 ; 930290 ;
Abstract
The invention is a branched synthetic peptide conjugate which can be designed to bind to a target cell surface receptor, to penetrate into target cells, and to deliver a diagnostic probe or cytotoxic functionality to a desired site of action. The invention provides a relatively small molecule of flexible design having a branched structure for systematically incorporating a desired number of cytotoxic functions, peptide-based localization signals or diagnostic probes. The invention addresses problems associated with protein-based therapeutic or diagnostic agents.