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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:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles Kendall Stover, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Gregory G Mahairas, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
PathoGenesis Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; C07H / ; C12N / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
43525231 ; 4352402 ; 4352521 ; 4352531 ; 435 912 ; 435-6 ; 4353201 ; 536 2431 ; 536 2432 ; 536 2433 ; 536 221 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides specific genetic deletions that result in an avirulent phenotype of a mycobacterium. These deletions may be used as phenotypic markers of providing a means for distinguishing between disease-producing and non-disease producing mycobacteria.