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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:
Nov. 11, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Markus M Simon, Freiburg, DE;
Ulrich E Schaible, Freiburg, DE;
Klaus Eichmann, Freiburg, DE;
Michael Kramer, Heidelberg, DE;
Wallich Reinhard, Heidelberg, DE;
Assignees:
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenscaften E.V., Gottingen, DE;
Deutsches Krebsforschun Zentrum Stiftung des Offentlichen Rechts, Heidelberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C07H / ; C07H / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 693 ; 435 691 ; 4351723 ; 4353201 ; 4242341 ; 536 231 ; 536 237 ;
Abstract
A vaccine against Lyme disease, wherein it contains one or more monoclonal antibodies which are specific for the 31 kD antigen (OspA) or the 34 kD antigen (OspB) of Borrelia burgdorferi. The present invention also provides a process for obtaining this vaccine, as well as new monoclonal antibodies and antigens.