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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. 14, 1997
Filed:
May. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeshi Shimomura, Machida, JP;
Kazunori Yamada, Yokohama, JP;
Yuuki Morimoto, Machida, JP;
Naomi Kitamura, Moriguchi, JP;
Keiji Miyazawa, Ashiya, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435226 ; 435219 ; 435212 ;
Abstract
A gene encoding a protease derived from human serum and having an activity to convert single-chain hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) into active two-chain HGF and a method of producing the protease by the use of said gene are provided. A method of producing a precursor protein of said protease is also provided.