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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:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Billy L Brizzard, New Haven, CT (US);
Darlene W Bianca, Westbrook, CT (US);
Richard G Chubet, Middletown, CT (US);
Douglas L Vizard, Cheshire, CT (US);
Thomas Patrick Hopp, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; C12P / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 231 ; 435 691 ; 4353201 ; 536 241 ;
Abstract
This invention discloses a gene for the identification of cells comprising a selection leader segment, a cell marker segment and a transmembrane segment. The gene can be used to identify cells transfected with the gene by the steps of: inserting the gene having a selection leader segment, a cell marker segment and a transmembrane segment into the DNA or RNA of a cell, allowing the cell to express the gene, and detecting the expressed cell marker segment of the gene.