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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. 30, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Samar Makhlouf, Chicago, IL (US);
Mark L Pankow, Chicago, IL (US);
Byron E Anderson, Norton Grove, IL (US);
Pamela Bean, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignees:
Immtech International, Inc., Evanston, IL (US);
Northwestern Univeristy, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-71 ; 436518 ; 436523 ; 436548 ; 436811 ; 435-792 ; 435 7021 ; 4351722 ; 43524027 ; 5303877 ; 53038825 ; 5303893 ; 5303911 ; 5303913 ; 4241391 ;
Abstract
The invention provides an antibody which reacts selectively with a transferrin homolog found in alcoholics but not in non-alcoholics. The invention also provides methods of making the antibody and hybridomas producing the antibody. Finally, the invention provides an immunoassay which utilizes the antibody to detect or quantitate the alcoholic transferrin homolog and a kit for an immunoassay which comprises a container of the antibody.