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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:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Viola T Kung, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Baltazar Gomez, Jr, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Metra Biosystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-79 ; 435-71 ; 435-793 ; 435-794 ; 435 7021 ; 43524027 ; 435975 ; 435962 ; 436512 ; 436518 ; 436531 ; 436808 ; 5303871 ; 5303879 ; 5303891 ; 5303911 ; 5303913 ;
Abstract
A method of assaying bone collagen breakdown levels in a human subject useful to screen for the presence of bone resorption disorders. Also disclosed is a method for monitoring the progression and/or treatment response of a cancer condition which involves or has the potential to progress to a metastatic condition which involves abnormalities in bone resorption rates.